Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group -- Duties -- Meetings -- Sunset -- Members -- Development of new training delivery format -- Part- time telecommunicator training.
(1) The Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group is hereby established as an independent entity to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator academy which will incorporate in-person and online training components. The work group shall meet as necessary and submit to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council within one (1) year of July 15, 2024, a training delivery format that shall be developed and unanimously agreed upon by the work group. The work group shall cease to exist after the developed training delivery format is submitted to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council for approval unless the council directs its continuance. The members of the work group shall not be paid or reimbursed for travel or other expenses. The work group shall consist of at least one (1) member of the following entities:
(a) Department of Criminal Justice Training;
(b) Kentucky Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association; and (c) Association of Public Safety Communications Officials.
(2) The Kentucky Law Enforcement Council shall, upon approval, implement the new training delivery format developed under subsection (1) of this section for the public safety telecommunicator academy on July 1, 2026.
(3) All part-time telecommunicators shall successfully complete the forty (40) hour online course, "telecommunicator overview training." (4) A part-time telecommunicator who successfully completes the forty (40) hour telecommunicator overview training course and moves to a full-time telecommunicator position shall be credited forty (40) hours toward the training requirements of the full-time public safety telecommunicator academy.