KRS 70.294: Employment contract for law enforcement telecommunicator.

(1) As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" means a city, county,

consolidated local government, urban -county government, charter county

government, unified local government, or state law enforcement agency, and

includes a sheriff's office.

(2) (a) Law enforcement agencies may, as a condition of employment, require a

newly appointed law enforcement telecommunicator to enter into an

employment contract for a period of no longer than three (3) years from the

date of graduation from the Department of Cri minal Justice Training, or other

training approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

(b) If a law enforcement telecommunicator who has entered into a contract

authorized under this section begins employment as a law enforcement

telecommunicator with another law enforcement agency during the contractual

period, that law enforcement agency or the law enforcement telecommunicator

shall reimburse the law enforcement agency that initially hired the law

enforcement telecommunicator for the actual costs inc urred and expended

which are associated with the initial hiring of that telecommunicator,

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

costs, and salary. The law enforcement agency that initially hired the law

enforcement telecommunicator shall be reimbursed for the costs from the time

of the law enforcement telecommunicator's initial application until graduation

from the Department of Criminal Justice Training, or other training approved

by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

(c) The amount of reimbursement authorized by paragraph (b) of this subsection

shall be prorated based upon the percentage of time that the law enforcement

telecommunicator completed his or her employment contract.