Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Bellevue Police Chief Jon McClain to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
The functions and duties of the council are to prescribe standards for training academies, law enforcement instructors, curriculum, qualifications for attendance and expulsion, voluntary career development programs, monitor the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund, and certify police officers, telecommunicators, and court security officers.
A 10-member support staff runs the council daily, but the governor appoints the voting body of the council to four-year terms.
The seats for the voting body of the council are:
- Attorney general
- Commissioner of the Kentucky state police
- Director of the southern police institute
- Dean of the College of Justice & Safety of Eastern Kentucky University
- President of the Kentucky Peace Officers’ Association
- President of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police
- President of the Fraternal Order of Police
- President of the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association
- United States attorney for east and west districts
- Mayor
- County judge-executive
- Three sheriffs
- A member of the State Bar Association
- Five chiefs of police and a citizen at large
The council has three committees: the Instructor Certification Committee, the Curriculum Committee, and the Professional Standards Committee.
McClain will serve on the curriculum committee and work with other committee members to review, assess, and approve Kentucky Law Enforcement Council certification training courses.