KRS 432.510: Protection of prisoners -- Power of officer to summon citizens, arm

prisoners.

(1) Any person having custody of a person charged with a public offense shall summon

to his aid as many of the able -bodied male citizens of his county between the ages

of twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) years as may be necessary for the protection of the

person in his custody. Any person so summoned who fails to obey the summons or

verbal notice of the officer shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100)

nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(2) Any officer having knowledge or reasonable grounds to believe that an effort will

be made to rescue, injure or kill any person in his custody charged with a public

offense shall immediately provide the means necessary to prevent such an act.

(3) Any officer in charge of a jail who has reasonable grounds to believe that the jail

will be attacked by a mob or persons confederated or banded together to inflict

violence upon any inmate, may arm the threatened inmates for their own protection.