KRS 508.160: Disarming a peace officer -- Penalty -- Applicability.

(1) A person is guilty of disarming a peace officer when he intentionally:

(a) Removes a firearm or other deadly weapon from the person of a peace officer

when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties; or

(b) Deprives a peace officer of the officer's use of a firearm or deadly weapon

when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties.

(2) Disarming a peace officer is a Class D felony.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply when:

(a) The defendant does not know or could not reasonably have known that the

person disarmed was a peace officer; or

(b) The peace officer was, at the time of the disarming or incident thereto,

engaged in felonious conduct.