456.090 Law enforcement to assist protective order petitioner and victim of dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking -- Statewide enforcement -- Civil and criminal immunity

456.090 Law enforcement to assist protective order petitioner and victim of dating

violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking -- Statewide enforcement -- Civil

and criminal immunity.

(1) A court issuing an interpersonal protective order shall direct the appropriate law

enforcement agency to assist the petitioner in having the provisions of the order

complied with.

(2) When a law enforcement officer has reason to suspect that a person has been the

victim of dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, the officer shall use

all reasonable means to provide assistance to the victim, including but not limited

to:

(a) Remaining at the location of the call for assistance so long as the officer

reasonably suspects there is danger to the physical safety of individuals there

without the presence of a law enforcement officer;

(b) Assisting the victim in obtaining medical treatment, including transporting the

victim to the nearest medical facility capable of providing the necessary

treatment;

(c) Advising the victim immediately of the rights available to them, including the

provisions of this chapter; and

(d) Completing a JC-3 form, or its equivalent replacement, and providing the

information to the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center pursuant to

KRS 209A.110.

(3) Orders of protection shall be enforced in any county of the Commonwealth.

(4) Officers acting in good faith under this chapter shall be immune from criminal and

civil liability.