{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15.3977","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15.3977","heading":"Certification categories for court security officers.","body":"The following certification categories shall exist for certified court security officers:\n(1) \"Precertification status\" means that the court security officer is currently employed\nor appointed by an agency and meets or exceeds all those minimum qualificati ons\nset forth in KRS 15.3971, but has not successfully completed the training course\nprovided in KRS 15.3975(1). Upon the council's verification that the minimum\nqualifications have been met, the officer shall have court security officer powers as\nauthorized under the statute under which he or she was appointed or employed. If\nan officer fails to successfully complete the training course provided in KRS\n15.3975(1) within one (1) year of employment, his or her court security powers\nshall automatically terminate;\n(2) \"Certification status\" means that unless the certification is in revoked status or\ninactive status, the certified court security officer is currently employed or\nappointed by an agency and has met all training requirements. The officer shall\nhave court security officer powers as authorized under the statute under which he or\nshe was appointed or employed;\n(3) (a) \"Inactive status\" means that unless the certification is in revoked status:\n1. The person has been separated on or after June 26, 2007, f rom the\nagency by which he or she was employed or appointed and has no peace\nofficer or court security officer powers; or\n2. The person is on military active duty for a period exceeding three\nhundred sixty-five (365) days.\n(b) The person may remain on inac tive status. A person who is on inactive status\nand who returns to a court security officer position shall have certification\nstatus restored if he or she has successfully completed the training course\nunder KRS 15.3975(1), has not committed an act for which his or her certified\nstatus may be revoked pursuant to KRS 15.3973, and successfully completes\nan in -service training course as prescribed in an administrative regulation\npromulgated by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.\n(c) A person returning from inactive to active certification as a court security\nofficer after June 26, 2007, under KRS 15.380 to 15.404 shall meet the\nfollowing minimum qualifications:\n1. Be a citizen of the United States;\n2. Possess a valid license to operate a motor vehicle;\n3. Be fingerprinted for a criminal background check;\n4. Not have been convicted of any felony; a misdemeanor under KRS\n510.120, 510.130, or 510.140; a second or subsequent offense under\nKRS 510.148; or a criminal attempt, conspiracy, fac ilitation, or\nsolicitation to commit any degree of rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, or\nsexual misconduct; or have had any offense listed under this\nsubparagraph expunged;\n5. Not be prohibited by federal or state law from possessing a firearm;\n6. Have received a nd read the Kentucky Law Enforcement Officers Code\nof Ethics as established by the council;\n7. Have not received a dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or\ngeneral discharge under other than honorable conditions, if having\nserved in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States;\n8. Have been interviewed by the employing agency; and\n9. Not have had certification as a peace officer permanently revoked in\nanother state;\n(4) \"Training deficiency status\" means that unless the certification is in r evoked status\nor inactive status, the certified court security officer is currently employed or\nappointed by an agency and has failed to meet all in -service training requirements.\nThe officer's court security powers shall automatically terminate, and he or she shall\nnot exercise court security officer powers in the Commonwealth until he or she has\ncorrected the in-service training deficiency;\n(5) \"Revoked status\" means that the court security officer has no court security powers\nand his or her certification  has been revoked by the Kentucky Law Enforcement\nCouncil for any one (1) of the bases for revocation described under KRS 15.391;\nand\n(6) \"Denied status\" means that a person does not meet the requirements to achieve\nprecertification status or certification status as a court security officer.\nThe design of a certificate may be changed periodically. When a new certificate is\nproduced, it shall be distributed free of charge to each currently certified court security\nofficer.","path":["KRS Chapter 15"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54135","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:33Z","sha256":"8c8f10f3aac6c582dc706ffc73f2ca92d3e6c0ae8f279281bfe1c1a65e859b87","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15.3975","next":"us-ky/krs-15.3979"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}