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Under Section 101 of the Kentucky Constitution, constables are considered peace officers and have the same countywide jurisdiction as the county sheriff. [22] Prior to the 1970s, the main function of the constables was to provide court service and security to the justice of the peace courts. However, since these have been eliminated by judicial ...
Police Officer: Insignia No insignia: Description Chief of Service. Responsible for the entirety of the Police Service. Deputy Chief of Service. Charged with assisting the Chief of Police in running the entirety of the Police Service. Supervisory Police Officer or Supervisory Security Specialist. This position is equivalent in grade to a Captain.
In 2019, the Kentucky Supreme Court created a Business Court Docket Pilot project in the Jefferson County Circuit Court, effective January 1, 2020. [1] Circuit judges serve in eight-year terms. There are 57 circuits, which may have one or more judges, depending on the population and docket size.
For the 21st Century constable, the real bread-and-butter is in fees collected serving court papers, such as writs, warrants, summons, subpoenas and evictions. They can charge up to $70 per ...
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 ...
The judicial branch of Kentucky is called the Kentucky Court of Justice [8] and comprises courts of limited jurisdiction called District Courts; courts of general jurisdiction called Circuit Courts; specialty courts such as Drug Court [9] and Family Court; [10] an intermediate appellate court, the Kentucky Court of Appeals; and a court of last ...
Courts of Kentucky include: Kentucky Court of Justice. Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975, [1] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following: [2] Kentucky Supreme Court [3] Kentucky Court of Appeals [4] Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits ...
General Sir Richard Dannatt, dressed in the formal attire of the Constable of the Tower, speaking at the Ceremony of the Constable's Dues, June 2010. Historically, the title comes from the Latin comes stabuli (attendant to the stables, literally 'count of the stable') and originated from the Roman Empire; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or ...