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As public officials, constables are required to file an annual statement of financial interests with the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission. Each constable may, with approval of the president judge in the county the constable is elected in, appoint deputies to work under their authority. Each deputy is given the same authority as the ...
Constables stretch back to the founding of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1792 when the Kentucky legislature passed an act setting fees for constable duties. Then, in 1850, Kentucky lawmakers put ...
The Kentucky Constitution Section 99 declares that constables “shall be elected in each county” and “shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the first Monday in January after their ...
Issues have included conflict between PCCs and chief constables, questions over PCC expenses, the cost of elections and low voter turnout (in some cases, below 15%). [47] The Plain English Campaign described the commissioners in 2015 as "serial offenders" in "mangling of the English language" and the use of "jargon". [48]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 389 law enforcement agencies employing 7,833 sworn police officers, about 183 for each 100,000 residents.
A chief constable has no senior officer. Prior to 2012, a chief constable was responsible to a police authority. In England and Wales, the chief constable is now appointed by and accountable to the Police and Crime Commissioner of their service, or to an elected mayor, who may also dismiss the chief constable.
The commissioner of police is the head of the New Zealand Police. The commissioner is appointed for a five-year term by the governor-general, and reports to the minister of police. [35] [36] The position combines two functions, that of chief constable in charge of policing and cases, and chief executive responsible for assets and budgeting. [37]
The force was the successor agency to the Kentucky Highway Patrol, and inherited the equipment and officers from that organization. KSP is the premier law enforcement agency of Kentucky, having full jurisdiction in all 120 counties and all 33 independent cities. [6] Guthrie F. Crowe served as the force's first commissioner. [7]