KRS 61.887: Powers of TVA and commission peace officers.

(1) (a) Each TVA or commission peace officer appointed and commissioned

pursuant to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 throughout every county in the

Commonwealth in which TVA or the commission operates or owns or

controls property, including leasehold interests:

1. Shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs in making arrests for

public offenses committed upon, about, or against such property or on

public roads and the rights -of-way passing through or over such

property;

2. Shall have and exercise the powers of sheriffs in m aking arrests in any

situation in which a person is placed in imminent danger of death or

serious injury;

3. Shall have authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purposes of his

or her office and in performance of his or her assigned duties;

4. While in pursuit of a person fleeing after committing an act described in

subparagraph 1. or 2. of this paragraph, may pursue the person and make

arrest anywhere in the Commonwealth; and

5. Shall be subject to all the liabilities of sheriffs.

(b) In addition to t he powers enumerated in paragraph (a) of this subsection,

commission peace officers shall have the power to enforce the rules and

regulations of the commission.

(2) TVA officers or commission peace officers appointed and commissioned pursuant

to KRS 61.886 to 61.892 may, throughout any county in the Commonwealth in

which TVA or the commission operates or owns or controls property, including

leasehold interests, have and exercise the powers of sheriff in that county if the

sheriff of that county provides pri or written authorization to the TVA or

commission defining the extent of supplemental authority being granted. Any

supplemental authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall expire with the

officer's commission granted under KRS 61.886 and may be ren ewed, as provided

in this subsection, upon renewal of the commission authorized under KRS 61.886.

(3) When countywide authority has not been granted under subsection (2) of this

section, a sheriff of a county in which the TVA or commission has property, th e

chief of police of a city within the county, or the commissioner of the Department of

Kentucky State Police may extend peace officer authority within the city or county,

as appropriate, during a disaster or other emergency.