Section 15.560 - [Effective Until 7/1/2026] Certificate of completion of training course required for appointment or retention as law enforcement telecommunicator - Grandfather clause - Annual in-service training course(1) No person shall receive an official appointment on a permanent basis as a law enforcement telecommunicator unless the person has previously been awarded a certificate by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council attesting to such person's satisfactory completion of a non-CJIS telecommunications academy. Every person who is employed after June 24, 2003, as a law enforcement telecommunicator by any law enforcement agency in this state, regardless of prior experience as a non-CJIS telecommunicator, shall forfeit his or her position as such unless, within twelve (12) months from the date of his or her employment, he or she satisfactorily completes the non-CJIS telecommunications academy and is awarded a certificate attesting thereto. The council shall waive the training requirements listed in this section for all law enforcement telecommunicators who are serving on July 15, 2006, and possess a certificate of completion of an approved law enforcement telecommunicator basic training program.(2) All non-CJIS telecommunicators, whether originally employed before or after July 15, 2006, shall successfully complete each calendar year an in-service training course, appropriate to their job assignment and responsibility, of eight (8) hours' duration at a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. Each in-service training course shall include a mental health component which highlights post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, including symptom recognition, treatment, and available resources.(3) In the event of extenuating circumstances beyond the control of a non-CJIS telecommunicator that prevent completion of training within the time specified, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may grant the non-CJIS telecommunicator an extension of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, in which to complete the training.(4) A non-CJIS telecommunicator who fails to complete the training within a period of twelve (12) months and any extension of time granted under this section shall be terminated by the employing agency and shall not be permitted to serve as a telecommunicator with any governmental agency in the Commonwealth for a period of one (1) year.Amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128,§ 3, eff. 7/13/2022.Amended by 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112,§ 7, eff. 7/14/2016.Effective:7/12/2006
Amended 2006, Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 4, effective7/12/2006. -- Amended 2003, Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 2, effective 6/24/2003. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 4, effective 7/15/1986.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.