[Pulp Fiction]

I am 130% behind law enforcement. You will never hear me support any type of funding or staffing cuts for law enforcement.

ALL aspects of the Criminal Justice system have to be professionals.
Policing agencies, Prison systems, the Court systems and everything in between need to be professionally trained to be effective.


Elected Jailers & Constables have the same law enforcement powers as professionally trained staff members at the state police academy and other LEO's that are trained at the academy DOCJT @ EKU. THAT IS SCARY!!!!! I know that there is corruption in law enforcement on most levels. The bigger departments have some type of Office Internal Affairs (OIA) that investigate misconduct claims against staff in their department. Kentucky has an OIG, Office of the Inspector General, that investigate crimes involving state agencies. Between the FBI. state OIG, local OIA offices and the KY. Attorney General, most serious claims of misconduct are investigated. Most of them are bogus, some are legit and are handled as needed.


Jailers & Constables are in no way exempt from being investigated and would be subject criminal charges if needed. With that said, most constables & jailers in Kentucky get elected because they have a large population of family & friends in their election district. No background check, no interview process, no law enforcement experience.... just whoever got the most votes. If a police officer is the subject of an investigation, they can be suspended with or without pay until the investigation is completed. In theory, Jailers & constables could be suspended, but that would have to come through an order through their local fiscal court.