{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-78.425","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 78.425","heading":"Personnel included in merit system.","body":"(1) All police officers of whatever rank and title, and all employees, except civilian\nemployees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, of every county police\nforce affected by KRS 78.400 to 78.460 and 78.990 are covered by the provisions\nhereof, except  probationary officers and employees. All covered officers and\nemployees of every county police force on active duty or service as of the effective\ndate of an order of the fiscal court of the county creating a county police merit\nsystem and board, shall be  deemed fit and qualified to continue their respective\nduties of employment on or for their respective county police force without\nexamination or further qualification, except and unless the chief of police of any\ncounty police force shall, within sixty (60) days after the establishment of the board,\ncertify to the board that any officer or employee is physically unfit to continue his or\nher duties.\n(2) If a merit system is established which covers a county fire department, the\nprovisions of subsection (1) shall apply to the county fire department as they apply\nto the county police force.\n(3) All personnel covered by the provisions (a) of KRS 78.400 to 78.460, or (b) KRS\n67.323, 67.325 and this section, or both, except probationary officers and\nemployees, shall be deemed to be permanent employees subject to their ability to\nsatisfactorily perform their respective duties and further subject to their good\nbehavior.\n(4) Probationary officers and employees shall not be included in the merit system until\nthey sati sfactorily complete their initial probationary periods established by the\ngoverning merit board. Officers and employees serving promotional probationary\nperiods, however, shall not be deemed excluded from the merit system during the\npromotional probationary periods.","path":["KRS Chapter 78"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24711","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:38Z","sha256":"9cb4f491f6d780bd338120177c202d3604907b5108e9e5128b4348c446ff4fb5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-78.420","next":"us-ky/krs-78.428"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}