KRS 95.955: Training requirements -- Effect of failure to complete.

(1) All police officers and auxiliary police officers originally appointed or employed by

a city, urban-county, or charter county government after July 14, 1992, shall, within

one (1) year of their appointment or employment, successfully complete a basic

training course as established by KRS 15.440 at a school certified or recognized by

the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

(2) All police officers and auxiliary police officers specified in subsection (1) of this

section shall, upon completion of the basic train ing required in the same section,

successfully complete forty (40) hours of annual in -service training as established

by KRS 15.440(1)(e) at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law

Enforcement Council.

(3) All police officers and auxiliary pol ice officers appointed or employed before July

14, 1992, shall successfully complete forty (40) hours of annual in -service training

as established by KRS 15.440(1)(e) at a school certified or recognized by the

Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

(4) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the officer such as

injury, illness, or personal tragedy which prevents the officer from completing the

basic or in-service training within the time specified in subsections (1) to (3) of this

section, the officer shall complete the training within one hundred eighty (180) days

after return to duty. Any police officer or auxiliary police officer who fails to

successfully complete the basic or in -service training within the specified time

period shall n ot be authorized thereafter to carry deadly weapons or make arrests

and may be dismissed from employment as a police officer or from membership on

the auxiliary police force.