{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-209a.120","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 209A.120","heading":"Duty of law enforcement to provide assistance as required under KRS","body":"403.785 and 456.090 -- Use of JC -3 form -- Report to Criminal Justice\nStatistical Analysis Center.\n(1) If a law enforcement officer receives a report of domestic violence an d abuse or\ndating violence and abuse, the officer shall use all reasonable means to provide\nassistance as required under KRS 403.785 and 456.090.\n(2) A law enforcement officer who responds to a report of domestic violence and abuse\nor dating violence and a buse shall use the JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement,\nas provided by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to document any information\nor injuries related to the domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse.\n(3) A completed JC -3 form, or  its equivalent replacement, shall be kept in the records\nof the law enforcement officer's agency of employment.\n(4) If the JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement, includes information that only\nrelates to a victim as defined in KRS 209A.020, the form sh all not be forwarded to\nthe cabinet.\n(5) If the JC -3 form, or its equivalent replacement, includes information on known or\nsuspected child abuse or neglect or the abuse or neglect of an elderly or disabled\nadult, the form shall be forwarded to the cabinet.\n(6) The Kentucky State Police or the law enforcement officer's agency of employment\nshall provide the preceding calendar year's JC -3 data, and all other relevant data, to\nthe Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center created in KRS 15.280 by February\n1 of each year.","path":["KRS Chapter 209A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53168","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:10Z","sha256":"b0a4b5ed223acfee23d07cad9b7fc20a4f4d931be5140e55cf09e6c9de2bd89c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-209a.110","next":"us-ky/krs-209a.122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}