KRS 95.019: Chief of police and police force in urban -county governments and cities to

have common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs.

(1) The chief of police and all members of the police force in urban -county

governments and cities shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of

constables and sheriffs. They may exercise those powers, including the power of

arrest for offenses against the state, anywhere in the county in which the urban -

county government or city is located, but the chief of police and members of the

police force in a city shall not be required to police any territory outside of the city

limits.

(2) The chief of police and all members of the police force in all urban -county

governments and cities shall be entitled to the same fees, and the same remedies for

collecting them, that are allowed to sheriffs and other officers for similar services,

but all fees shall be paid into the urban-county government or city treasury.