Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 15.530 – Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590.

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(5) For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590:
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(2) "CJIS" means the Criminal Justice Information System; "CJIS-full access course" means an online training program administered and approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency; "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training; "Full-time public safety telecommunicator academy" means a training course of at least one hundred sixty (160) hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and delivered by one (1) of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council- approved academies in the state; "Public safety telecommunicator" or "telecommunicator" means any public employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911 telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include:
1. (a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911 calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency communication center;
2. (b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to the scene of an emergency; or
3. (c) Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases; and
4. (6) "Telecommunicator overview training" means a forty (40) hour online course approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

Effective: July 1, 2026

History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 2, effective June 27, 2025; and ch. 53, sec. 3, effective July 1, 2026. -- Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 3, effective July 1, 2026. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2016. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.