A lawsuit filed on behalf of Danny Jackson, who was born with two fingers on one hand and one on the other, marks the second such case alleging that the academy treated recruits illegally during the four years former Commissioner Nicolai Jilek was in charge from 2020-24.
"We can't get wrapped up in the media blowing this out of proportion," said Sen. Danny Carroll, while also acknowledging that "there is no question" it's still a problem. "Right now, until we can get this solved, the focus has got to be the offices themselves and what's happening there."
Senate Bill 111 from Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Benton, comes just more than a week after a preliminary report from the Kentucky Office of the Ombudsman found that dozens of foster children stayed in office buildings over a four-month period in 2024 because there was nowhere else for them to go.
HB 206 is part of a series of bills passed by the legislature in recent years to force out officers who shamed the badge.
The meeting in Frankfort will be held via video teleconference and the public can watch online.
The monument will hold 570 names after this year’s additions.
A department supervisor wrote in emails that the training materials could have "repercussions" if the media were to see them.
The 25-year veteran of KSP has served in a variety of assignments.
Kentucky's juvenile justice commissioner has been fired following an investigation into allegations of harassment and bullying, according to state personnel records.
The state’s former corrections leader, who was let go in February, claims the probe wasn’t thorough and refused to fire two supervisors accused of abuse.
