KRS 70.290: Employment contract for deputy sheriff or peace officer -- Reimbursement

of law enforcement agency when deputy or peace officer accepts employment

with another agency.

(1) (a) City and county law enforcement agencies, including sheriff's offic es, may, as

a condition of employment, require a newly appointed deputy sheriff or peace

officer who will participate in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation

Fund Program, authorized by KRS 15.410 to 15.510, to enter into an

employment contract for a pe riod of no longer than five (5) years from the

date of graduation from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other

training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

(b) If a deputy sheriff or peace officer who has entered into a contract authorized

under this subsection accepts employment as a peace officer with another law

enforcement agency, including a local school board that has established a

police department under KRS 158.471, that law enforcement agency shall

reimburse the law enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or

peace officer for the actual costs incurred and expended by the law

enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy sheriff or peace officer

which are associated with the initial hiring of that o fficer, including but not

limited to the application process, training costs, equipment costs, salary and

fringe benefits. The law enforcement agency that initially hired the deputy

sheriff or peace officer shall be reimbursed for the costs from the time o f the

deputy sheriff or peace officer's initial application until graduation from the

Department of Criminal Justice Training.

(c) 1. For contracts entered into before June 29, 2017, the amount of

reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall be prorat ed based

upon the percentage of time that the deputy sheriff or peace officer

completed of his or her employment contract. The amount of

reimbursement authorized by this subsection after the pro rata amount is

calculated shall be reduced by the cost of the training provided by the

Department of Criminal Justice Training for the subject officer.

2. For contracts entered into on or after June 29, 2017, the amount of

reimbursement authorized by this subsection shall not be prorated, and

shall be for the full a mount as calculated in paragraph (b) of this

subsection.

(2) If a peace officer, including a university police officer, who has been employed by a

state law enforcement agency for five (5) years or less accepts employment as a

peace officer with a city or local law enforcement agency, including a local school

board that has established a police department under KRS 158.471, that city or local

law enforcement agency shall reimburse the state law enforcement agency that

initially hired the peace officer for t he costs expended with the initial hiring of that

officer, including but not limited to the application process, training costs,

equipment costs, salary and fringe benefits. The state law enforcement agency that

initially hired the peace officer shall be r eimbursed for the costs incurred and

expended from the time of the peace officer's initial application until graduation

from a Kentucky Law Enforcement Council-approved training academy.