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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title III. Executive Branch § 15.530.Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590 (Effective until July 1, 2026)

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Note: Section effective until 7-1-26. See also section 15.530 effective 7-1-26.>

For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590:

(1) “CJIS” means the Criminal Justice Information System;

(2) “CJIS-full access course” means an online training program administered and approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency;

(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training;

(4) “Public safety telecommunicator” or “telecommunicator” means any public employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911 telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include:

(a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911 calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency communication center;

(b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to the scene of an emergency; or

(c) Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases;

(5) “Telecommunications academy” means a training course of one hundred sixty (160) hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; and

(6) “Telecommunicator overview training” means a forty (40) hour online course approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

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