Section 508.160 - Disarming a peace officer - Penalty - Applicability(1) A person is guilty of disarming a peace officer when he intentionally: (a) Removes a firearm or other deadly weapon from the person of a peace officer when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties; or(b) Deprives a peace officer of the officer's use of a firearm or deadly weapon when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties.(2) Disarming a peace officer is a Class D felony.(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply when:(a) The defendant does not know or could not reasonably have known that the person disarmed was a peace officer; or(b) The peace officer was, at the time of the disarming or incident thereto, engaged in felonious conduct.Effective:7/15/1998
Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 123, effective7/15/1998.