Friday, November 26, 2010
Kentucky Sheriff's Association To Discuss Volunteer Deputies
KENTUCKY....
Kentucky law allows counties to have one special deputy for every 2,500 residents to assist with general law enforcement needs. The sheriff is required to swear in the deputy and log that person on a county clerk order book. Beyond that, there are few requirements, other than the deputy will not be paid. Just how many volunteer or special deputies are working in Kentucky is unclear. Retired Fleming County Sheriff Jerry Wagner knows some current sheriffs rely on volunteer deputies to help supplement the ranks and handle duties that would leave an office stretched thin, but he says how often special deputies are used and how they are trained may change after a federal jury in southern Kentucky handed down a $6.2 million verdict against the Whitley County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Brewer of Corbin filed a civil case in which a jury found that then-volunteer deputy Tony Ramey was acting on behalf of the sheriff's office in June 2007 when he beat Brewer, causing injuries that linger three years later. Wagner, who heads the Kentucky Sheriff's Association, says how special deputies are used and trained will be taken up at Sheriff's Association meeting in Bowling Green in December.
Kentucky law allows counties to have one special deputy for every 2,500 residents to assist with general law enforcement needs. The sheriff is required to swear in the deputy and log that person on a county clerk order book. Beyond that, there are few requirements, other than the deputy will not be paid. Just how many volunteer or special deputies are working in Kentucky is unclear. Retired Fleming County Sheriff Jerry Wagner knows some current sheriffs rely on volunteer deputies to help supplement the ranks and handle duties that would leave an office stretched thin, but he says how often special deputies are used and how they are trained may change after a federal jury in southern Kentucky handed down a $6.2 million verdict against the Whitley County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Brewer of Corbin filed a civil case in which a jury found that then-volunteer deputy Tony Ramey was acting on behalf of the sheriff's office in June 2007 when he beat Brewer, causing injuries that linger three years later. Wagner, who heads the Kentucky Sheriff's Association, says how special deputies are used and trained will be taken up at Sheriff's Association meeting in Bowling Green in December.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:03 PM 
