Kentucky Revised Statutes Title III. Executive Branch § 16.197.Qualifications of individual employed as a Trooper R Class or a commercial vehicle enforcement officer R Class

(1) Be a retired officer who prior to retirement was commissioned as an officer under this chapter;

(2) Be a retired member of the State Police Retirement System established by KRS 16.505 to 16.652 or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System established by KRS 61.510 to 61.705, who retired with at least twenty (20) years of service credit;

(3) Upon appointment to Trooper R Class or commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class, have been separated from the service of the Department of Kentucky State Police for a period no less than one (1) month nor greater than sixty (60) months following the individual's effective retirement date from the State Police Retirement System or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System;

(4) Have retired willingly with no administrative charges against the officer pending under KRS 16.140 or 16.192; and

(5) Have retired with no pre-existing agreement between the employee and the department prior to the employee's retirement for the employee to return to work with the department.