Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95.019

Chief of police and police force in urban-county governments and cities to

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have common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs. (1) The chief of police and all members of the police force in urban-county governments and cities shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs. They may exercise those powers, including the power of arrest for offenses against the state, anywhere in the county in which the urban- county government or city is located, but the chief of police and members of the police force in a city shall not be required to police any territory outside of the city limits. (2) The chief of police and all members of the police force in all urban-county governments and cities shall be entitled to the same fees, and the same remedies for collecting them, that are allowed to sheriffs and other officers for similar services, but all fees shall be paid into the urban-county government or city treasury. Effective: January 1, 2015 History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 106, effective January 1, 2015. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2008–2025 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Bishop

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Commonwealth v. Bishop (2008) ky · cites it 17× “Despite KRS 95.019, which gives city police county-wide arrest powers, the trial court agreed with Bishop, and on October 13, 2004, entered an order dismissing Bishop’s indictment because it was based on an unlawful arrest.”

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. Fraternal Order of Police, Bluegrass Lodge 4 (2025) ky · cites it 9× “” The Court of Appeals suggested that the Ordinance conflicted with KRS 95.019 because “[t]he General Assembly did not abolish the power of all Kentucky sheriffs to utilize 26 no-knock warrants, and LFUCG lacks the authority to do so.”

Fraternal Order of Police, Bluegrass Lodge 4 v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (2023) kyctapp · cites it 3× “-14- a conflict between the Ordinance and KRS 95.019 that may affect the analysis of “home rule” as the authority for the Ordinance.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95.019(1) — 3 cases

Commonwealth v. Bishop (2008) ky “Despite KRS 95.019, which gives city police county-wide arrest powers, the trial court agreed with Bishop, and on October 13, 2004, entered an order dismissing Bishop’s indictment because it was based on an unlawful arrest.”

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. Fraternal Order of Police, Bluegrass Lodge 4 (2025) ky “” The Court of Appeals suggested that the Ordinance conflicted with KRS 95.019 because “[t]he General Assembly did not abolish the power of all Kentucky sheriffs to utilize 26 no-knock warrants, and LFUCG lacks the authority to do so.”

Fraternal Order of Police, Bluegrass Lodge 4 v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (2023) kyctapp “-14- a conflict between the Ordinance and KRS 95.019 that may affect the analysis of “home rule” as the authority for the Ordinance.”

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