Ky. Rev. Stat. § 16.060

Powers and duties of commissioner and officers

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It shall be the duty of the commissioner, each officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class to detect and prevent crime, apprehend criminals, maintain law and order throughout the state, to collect, classify and maintain information useful for the detection of crime and the identification, apprehension and conviction of criminals and to enforce the criminal, as well as the motor vehicle and traffic laws of the Commonwealth. To this end the commissioner, each officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class is individually vested with the powers of a peace officer and shall have in all parts of the state the same powers with respect to criminal matters and enforcement of the laws relating thereto as sheriffs, constables granted peace officer powers and police officers in their respective jurisdictions, and shall possess all the immunities and matters of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs, constables granted peace officer powers and police officers in any suit brought against them in consequence of acts done in the course of their employment. Any warrant of arrest may be executed by the commissioner, any officer of the department, and each individual employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class. Effective: January 1, 2023 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 3, effective January 1, 2023. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 4, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(4). -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 6.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: Flinchum v. City of Beattyville

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Flinchum v. City of Beattyville (2016) kyed · cites it 6× “§ 16.060, which imposes a duty on various state actors “to detect and prevent crime, apprehend criminals, maintain law and order throughout the state, to collect, classify and maintain information useful for the identification of criminals and to enforce the criminal, as well as…”

Roy v. Kentucky State Police (1995) kywd · cites it 2× “KRS 16.060. In fact, KSP has more extensive law enforcement responsibilities than sheriffs.”

Carter v. Porter (2008) kyed “The plaintiff argues, without providing any authority beyond general principles of agency law, that the defendants in their official capacities can be liable for actions that exceeded their scope of employment.”

Tackett v. Commonwealth (1953) kyctapp “990, and KRS 16.060 sets out the powers and duties of State Police officers who find the law being violated.”

Jolly v. Paige (2021) kyed “” KRS 16.060. To that end, Paige is not arguing that he did not have the power to arrest Plaintiff in the Fleming County Judicial Center.”

Moran v. Kentucky State Police (2024) kywd “§ 16.060. Further, its budget is funded by the Kentucky General Assembly.”

Alyssa Baum v. Justin Aldava (2025) ky “17 Examples similar to LINK are found KRS 16.060 (which requires the Commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to collect, classify and maintain information useful for the detection of crime and the identification, apprehension, and conviction of criminals) and KRS…”

Kentucky Constables Association, Inc. v. Kentucky Department of Corrections Criminal Justice Training (2025) kyctapp “707, KRS 16.060, KRS 61.300, KRS 61.310, KRS 63.”

Commonwealth v. Bentley (1953) kyctapp “KRS 16.060, 281.370, Cr.Code Prac. § 36. It was after they had arrested Bentley on the traffic violation charge that he disclosed that he had liquor in his car and the search followed that admission.”

Parrott v. Commonwealth (1966) kyctapp “*615 KRS 16.060, in referring to the state police, provides as follows: “ * * * each officer of the department is individually vested with the powers of a peace officer and shall have in all parts of the state the same powers with respect to criminal matters and enforcement of…”

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