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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 95.495: Hours of work and annual leave for members of police department in

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  1. KRS Chapter 95

urban-county governments and cities on DLG's registry of cities that belonged

to the second and third classes on August 1, 2014.

(1) Except as provided in KRS 337.285, in cities listed on the registry pursuant to

subsection (3) of this section or urban -county governments, except those in which,

by ordinance, the patrolmen are employed or paid by the day, the members of the

police department shall not be required to work mo re than eight (8) hours per day,

for five (5) days each week or ten (10) hours per day, for four (4) days each week,

except in the event of an emergency. Each member of the police department shall

be permitted to accrue an annual leave of fifteen (15) work ing days with full pay

each year, as specifically established in the personnel policy applicable to members

of the department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a member of the police

department from voluntarily agreeing to work a different work sched ule provided

that the officer is paid overtime for any work performed in excess of forty (40)

hours per week.

(2) The salary of the members of the police department shall not be reduced by reason

of the enactment of this section.

(3) On or before January 1 , 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create a

registry of cities that shall comply with the provisions of this section. The

Department for Local Government shall include each of those cities on the registry

that were classified as cities of th e second or third class on August 1, 2014. The

Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the

registry available to the public by publishing it on its website.

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