AN ACT relating to peace officer training.

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AN ACT relating to peace officer training. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 15.334 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall approve mandatory training subjects 4
to be taught to all students attending a law enforcement basic training course that 5
include but are not limited to: 6
(a) Abuse, neglect, and exploitation of the elderly and other crimes against the 7
elderly, including the use of multidisciplinary teams in the investigation and 8
prosecution of crimes against the elderly; 9
(b) The dynamics of domestic violence, pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined 10
in KRS 620.020, child physical and sexual abuse, and rape; child 11
development; the effects of abuse and crime on adult and child victims, 12
including the impact of abuse and violence on child development; legal 13
remedies for p rotection; lethality and risk issues; profiles of offenders and 14
offender treatment; model protocols for addressing domestic violence, rape, 15
pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS 620.020, and child abuse; 16
available community resources and victim services; and reporting 17
requirements. This training shall be developed in consultation with legal, 18
victim services, victim advocacy, and mental health professionals with 19
expertise in domestic violence, child abuse, and rape. Training in recognizing 20
pediatric abusive head trauma may be designed in collaboration with 21
organizations and agencies that specialize in the prevention and recognition of 22
pediatric abusive head trauma approved by the secretary of the Cabinet for 23
Health and Family Services; 24
(c) Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency 25
virus syndrome; 26
(d) Identification and investigation of, responding to, and reporting bias -related 27
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crime, victimization, or intimidation that is a result of or reasonably related to 1
race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; 2
(e) The characteristics and dynamics of human trafficking, state and federal laws 3
relating to human trafficking, the investigation of cases involving human 4
trafficking, including but not limited to screening for h uman trafficking, and 5
resources for assistance to the victims of human trafficking; 6
(f) [Beginning January 1, 2017, the council shall require that a law enforcement 7
basic training course include ] At least eight (8) hours of training relevant to 8
sexual assault;[ and] 9
(g) Education on female genital mutilation as defined in KRS 508.125, including 10
the risk factors associated with female genital mutilation, the criminal 11
penalties for committing female genital mutilation, and the psychological and 12
health effects on a victim of female genital mutilation; and 13
(h) At least eight (8) hours of training relevant to crisis intervention and de -14
escalation. 15
(2) (a) The council shall develop and approve mandatory in -service training courses 16
to be presented to all certified peace officers. The council may promulgate 17
administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A setting forth 18
the deadlines by which all certified peace officers shall attend the mandatory 19
in-service training courses. 20
(b) [Beginning January 1, 201 7, ] The council shall establish a forty (40) hour 21
sexual assault investigation training course. [After January 1, 2019, ]Agencies 22
shall maintain officers on staff who have completed the forty (40) hour sexual 23
assault investigation training course in accordance with the following: 24
1. Agencies with more than ten (10) but fewer than twenty -one (21) full -25
time officers shall maintain one (1) officer who has completed the forty 26
(40) hour sexual assault investigation training course; 27
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2. Agencies with twenty -one (2 1) or more but fewer than fifty -one (51) 1
full-time officers shall maintain at least two (2) officers who have 2
completed the forty (40) hour sexual assault investigation training 3
course; and 4
3. Agencies with fifty-one (51) or more full -time officers shall m aintain at 5
least four (4) officers who have completed the sexual assault 6
investigation course. 7
(c) An agency shall not make an officer directly responsible for the investigation 8
or processing of sexual assault offenses unless that officer has completed the 9
forty (40) hour sexual assault investigation training course. 10
(d) The council may, upon application by any agency, grant an exemption from 11
the training requirements set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection if that 12
agency, by limitations arising from its scope of authority, does not conduct 13
sexual assault investigations. 14
(e) Any agency failing to comply with paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection 15
shall, from the date the noncompliance commences, have one (1) year to 16
reestablish the minimum number of trained officers required. 17
(3) (a) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall provide training on the subjects 18
of: 19
1. Domestic violence and abuse; and 20
2. Crisis intervention and de -escalation[and may do so utilizing currently 21
available technology]. 22
(b) The training described in paragraph (a) of this subsection may be completed 23
utilizing currently available technology. 24
(c) All certified peace officers shall be required to complete this training at least 25
once every two (2) years. 26
(4) The council shall promulg ate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS 27
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Chapter 13A to establish mandatory basic training and in-service training courses. 1