KRS 605.050: Appointment of chief probation officers and volunteer probation officers --

Training.

(1) In counties containing a city of the first class or a city with a population equal to or

greater than twenty thousand (20,000) as of the most recent federal de cennial

census, the county judge/executive may appoint a chief probation officer of the

juvenile court and such number of assistant probation officers, professional and

clerical personnel as may be authorized by the fiscal court. Such officers shall

receive reasonable salaries to be fixed by the fiscal court, and shall be allowed their

actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The

salaries and expenses shall be paid out of the county treasury. The officers shall

serve at the pleasure of the county judge/executive but shall be subject to the

direction and control of the judges of the District Court in the performance of their

duties. The officers shall be peace officers who shall possess all the powers of peace

officers in car rying out the purposes of KRS Chapters 600 to 645. A probation

officer may take into custody any child that he has reasonable grounds to believe is

in violation of conditions of his probation.

(2) In counties containing an urban-county government, the mayor shall appoint a chief

probation officer of the juvenile session of the District Court and such number of

assistant probation officers, professional and clerical personnel as are reasonably

necessary for the operation of the juvenile session of the Distri ct Court. Such

officers shall receive reasonable salaries to be fixed by the urban -county council,

and shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the

performance of their duties. The salaries and expenses shall be paid out of the

urban-county treasury. The officers shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor but shall

be subject to the direction and control of the judges of the District Court in the

performance of their duties. The officers shall be peace officers who shall possess

all the powers of peace officers in carrying out the purposes of KRS Chapters 600 to

645. A probation officer may take into custody any child that he has reasonable

grounds to believe is in violation of conditions of his probation.

(3) In any county, the Chief D istrict Judge may appoint or designate one (1) or more

discreet persons of good moral character to serve as volunteer probation officers of

the juvenile session. Such volunteer probation officers shall serve during the

pleasure of the judge and without com pensation, except that the fiscal court or the

urban-county council, as appropriate, may authorize the payment of compensation

and reasonable expenses out of the county or urban -county treasury of any such

officers.

(4) Officers appointed pursuant to this section shall be trained in the administration of a

validated risk and needs assessment.