KRS 78.410: County police force merit boards.

(1) The county judge/executive, subject to the approval of the fiscal court of the county,

shall appoint four (4) persons, who shall constitute the county police force merit

board of such county, who shall serve without compensation, and the county

judge/executive shall be a member ex officio of the said board, but shall only vote

in case of a tie vote on any matter before the board for determination. Each board

appointee shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, a resident of the county affected,

and not rel ated by either blood or marriage to either the county judge/executive or

any member of the fiscal court of the said county. The first members of any said

board shall be appointed within the thirty (30) day period following the effective

date of an order du ly made and entered by a fiscal court creating a county police

force merit system and merit board, and one (1) member of the board shall be

appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) for a term of two (2) years, one (1) for

a term of three (3) years, an d one (1) for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, all

appointments shall be for four (4) years except that appointments to fill vacancies

within the respective terms shall be made only for the unexpired period of the

respective terms. Any board member ma y be removed by resolution of the fiscal

court of the county for neglect, incapacity, misfeasance or malfeasance on the part

of said board members. No appointed board member shall hold any other public

office elective or appointive during his term as a member of the board, and shall not

receive any money, gift or consideration of any type from any person directly or

indirectly for or on account of any recommendation, proposal or suggestion bearing

upon the business of the board or the county police force. N ot more than two (2)

members shall be adherents of the same political party.

(2) Each appointee, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall qualify by

subscribing, taking and filing an oath of office as required by law.

(3) The members of the county police department shall elect for a two (2) year term two

(2) patrolmen of the county police department with a minimum of five (5) years

service or more who shall serve as members of the county police force merit board

for the purpose of deciding di scipline cases only and who may vote in such cases.

These members shall be elected during the month of July, 1978. In case of a

vacancy, a new election shall be held within sixty (60) days of the date when the

vacancy occurs and the person elected shall fill the remainder of the unexpired term.