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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 95.951: Qualifications for police or auxiliary police officer.

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  1. KRS Chapter 95

As of July 14, 1992, no person shall be originally appointed or employed as a police

officer or an auxiliary police officer by a city, urban-county, or charter county

government in the Commonwealth unless he:

(1) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and

(2) (a) Is a high school graduate, regardless of whether the school is accredited

or certified by a governing body, provided that the education received met

the attendance and curriculum standards of Kentucky law at the time of

graduation, as determined by the Kentucky Department of Education; or

(b) Has received a High School Equivalency Diploma.

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