<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>95.019 Chief of police and police force to have common law and statutory powers <br>of constables and sheriffs. <br>(1) The chief of police and all members of the police force in cities of the first through <br>fifth classes shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of constables <br>and sheriffs. They may exercise those powers, including the power of arrest for <br>offenses against the state, anywhere in the county in which the city is located, but <br>shall not be required to police any territory outside of the city limits. <br>(2) The chief of police and all members of the police force in cities of the sixth class <br>shall possess all of the common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs. <br>They may exercise those powers, including the power of arrest for offenses against <br>the state, only within the corporate boundaries of the city and within the boundaries <br>of any real property owned by the city which is located outside of its corporate <br>boundaries. <br>(3) The chief of police and all members of the police force in all cities shall be entitled <br>to the same fees, and the same remedies for collecting them, that are allowed to <br>sheriffs and other officers for similar services, but all fees shall be paid into the city <br>treasury. <br>Effective: July 15, 1994 <br>History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. <br><br>