§ 15.560

15.560 Certificate of completion of training course required for appointment or retention as law enforcement telecommunicator -- Grandfather clause -- Annual in -service training course. (Effective until July 1, 2026) (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 positio n 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

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 th e 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 ti me, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, in which to complete the training.

cified, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may grant the non -CJIS telecommunicator an extension of ti me, 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 termi nated 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. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 3, effective July 1 4, 2022. -- Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2016. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 4, effect ive July 15, 1986. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/2022). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 6, provides that the Act, which amended this statute, may be cited as the Lifeliner’s Act.