500 Ky. Admin. Regs. 3:010

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 5, November 1, 2024

Section 500 KAR 3:010 - Definitions

RELATES TO: KRS 61.360

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 15A.160 authorizes the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A and direct proceedings and actions for the administration of all laws and functions which are vested in the cabinet, except laws and functions vested in the Department for Public Advocacy. KRS 61.360 authorizes the Governor or the Governor's agent to appoint Special Local Peace Officers. This administrative regulation establishes definitions for 500 KAR Chapter 3 regulating commissions for Special Local Peace Officers.

Section 1. Definitions.

(1) "Cabinet" is defined by KRS 61.900(3).

(2) "Commission" means a commission issued to an individual by the Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, entitling the individual to perform special local peace officer duties on specific private property.

(3) "Private property" means specific, identified real property currently owned by an individual or entity in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(4) "Property owner" means:

(a) An individual in the Commonwealth of Kentucky seeking appointment of a commission of a special local peace officer to protect the premises of a specific, identified private property that he or she owns; or

(b) A duly authorized agent or officer of an entity seeking appointment of a commission of a special local peace officer to protect the premises of a specific, identified private property owned by an entity rather than a person.

(5) "SLPO Act" means the Kentucky Revised Statutes cited in 500 KAR 3:020, Section 2(7)(a).

(6) "SLPO program administrator" means the person designated or appointed by the Secretary of the cabinet to administer the Special Local Peace Officer Program whose address is: SLPO Program Administrator, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Internal Investigations Branch ("IIB"), 125 Holmes Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

(7) "Special local peace officer," or "SLPO" means an officer described in and appointed pursuant to KRS 61.360 and whose duties include:

(a) The protection of specific private property from intrusion, entry, larceny, vandalism, abuse, waste, or trespass;

(b) The prevention, observation or detection of, or apprehension for, unlawful activity on specific private property;

(c) The control of the operation and parking of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles, and the movement of pedestrian traffic on specific private property; and

(d) The answering of any intrusion alarm on specific private property.

500 KAR 3:010

13 Ky.R. 452; eff. 9-4-1986; 35 Ky.R. 628; 1186; eff. 12-5-2008; TAm eff. 12-20-2016; Crt eff. 2-25-2020; 49 Ky.R. 2132, 50 Ky.R. 656; eff. 12/5/2023.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 15A.160, 61.360