15.3975 Training requirements for employment -- Biennial in-service training -- Extension -- Loss of status upon failure to complete training -- Regaining certification.

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Page 1 of 1 15.3975 Training requirements for employment -- Biennial in-service training -- Extension -- Loss of status upon failure to complete training -- Regaining <br>certification. (1) A court security officer employed or appointed after June 26, 2007, shall satisfy the basic training requirements for employment if he or she successfully completes law <br>enforcement training developed and approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement <br>Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts of at least eighty (80) hours. (2) A court security officer employed or appointed after June 26, 2007, shall successfully complete forty (40) hours of biennial in-service training that has been <br>certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, and that is <br>appropriate to the officer's responsibilities. (3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a certified court security officer that prevent the officer from completing the basic or in-service <br>training within the time specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the <br>commissioner of the department or his or her designee may grant the officer an <br>extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in which to <br>complete the training. (4) Any court security officer who fails to successfully complete basic training within the specified time periods, including extensions, shall lose his or her court security <br>powers and his or her precertification status shall lapse. Any court security officer <br>who fails to successfully complete in-service training within the specified time <br>periods, including extensions, shall lose his or her court security powers and his or <br>her certification status shall be changed to training deficiency status. When a court <br>security officer is deficient in required training, the commissioner of the department <br>or his or her designee shall notify the council, which shall notify the court security <br>officer and his or her agency. (5) A certified court security officer who has lost his or her court security powers due solely to his or her failure to meet the in-service training requirements of this <br>section may regain his or her certification status and court security powers upon <br>successful completion of the training deficiency. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Created 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 3, effective June 26, 2007.