KRS 61.360: Special local peace officers -- Appointment -- Fee -- Qualifications --

Removal -- Duties -- Not to impersonate public police officer.

The Governor or his agent may appoint special local peace officers, for such time as he

deems necessary, to preserve the peace and protect the property of any person from waste

or destruction; provided, however, that no such peace officer(s) shall be actively

employed at any factory, mine, workshop, retail establishment, or at any other location

where a strike, a slowdow n, a sit in, or any other type of work stoppage exists, if the

employment of such peace officer(s) would result in the unreasonable expansion of the

normal complement of such peace officers or the relieving of normal guards or peace

officers to perform oth er duties. Upon the application of an owner of property for such

services, and upon payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10) for each officer to be appointed,

the Governor may immediately appoint the person recommended by the owner, if the

person is eligible. No person shall be eligible for appointment under this section unless he

has established to the satisfaction of the Governor that he possesses the following

qualifications:

(1) No person shall serve as a special local peace officer:

(a) Unless he is a cit izen of the United States, is twenty -one (21) years of age or

over, and unless he is able to read and write;

(b) Unless he has resided in the Commonwealth for a period of at least one (1)

year;

(c) Who has ever been convicted of or is under indictment for a crime involving

moral turpitude, dishonesty, or fraud; unauthorized divulging or selling of

information or evidence; impersonation of a law enforcement officer or

employee of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof;

illegally usin g, carrying, or possessing a firearm or dangerous weapon;

habitual drunkenness; using or selling or possessing narcotics; or who has

been adjudged mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction and such

adjudication has not been set aside; or has r enounced his citizenship, or, being

an alien, is illegally or unlawfully in the United States;

(d) Who within a period of two (2) years has hired himself out, performed any

service, or received any compensation from any private source for acting, as a

privately paid detective, policeman, guard, peace officer, or otherwise as an

active participant in any labor dispute, or conducted the business of a private

detective agency or of any agency supplying private detectives, private

policemen, or private guards, or advertised or solicited any such business in

connection with any labor dispute;

(e) Unless he has filed his photograph with the county clerk of the county in

which he is to serve, together with his affidavit stating his full name, age, and

residence address and that he is not prohibited from serving by this section.

(2) The photograph so filed with the county clerk shall constitute a public record. The

Governor may remove any officer so appointed at will or at the request of the owner

of the property.

(3) The duties of the officer shall be confined to the premises of the property to be

protected, except while in pursuit of a person fleeing from the property after

committing an act of violence or destruction of the property. In that case, the officer

may pursue the person and make arrest anywhere within this state. He may wear

such badges and insignia as will plainly indicate to the public that he is a special

local peace officer, but he shall not, in any event, wear any uniform, or any part

thereof, of any public police officer; nor shall he in any way impersonate a public

police officer or represent himself to any person or persons as being a public police

officer; nor shall he perform any of the duties of a public police officer, except

those specifically herein granted and at the places herein specifically designated.

(4) Application fees shall be placed in the State Treasury and credited to a revolving

fund for administrative expenses.

(5) Every special local peace officer appointed pursuant to this sect ion shall execute

bond in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000).