KRS 431.025: Notice of intention to arrest -- Act of arrest -- Force.

(1) The person making an arrest shall inform the person about to be arrested of the

intention to arrest him, and of the offense for which he is being arrested.

(2) An arrest is made by placing the person being arrested in restraint, or by his

submission to the custody of the person making the arrest. The submission shall be

in the actual presence of the arrester.

(3) No unnecessary force or violence shall be used in making an arrest.