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I'm
colonel
philip
burnett
jr
and
I'm
currently
the
acting
commissioner
of
kentucky
state
police,
hello
and
good
afternoon
just
like
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
before
I
start,
I'm
nearing
the
completion
of
my
26th
year
of
sworn
service
for
the
with
the
agency,
where
I've
held
a
variety
of
positions.
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By
doing
so,
we
can
continue
to
provide
effective
and
highly
skilled
law
enforcement
services
to
our
citizens
and
better
reflect
the
diverse
communities
that
ksp
serves
throughout
the
commonwealth.
Governor
beshear's
administration
recognizes
our
current
issues,
and
proposed
budget
provides
5.1
million
dollars
toward
our
trooper
salary
schedule.
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This
was
based
upon
a
doc
jt
2018,
comprehensive
survey
of
law
enforcement
salaries,
we're
also
last
in
cadet
pay
and
commission
trooper
pay
among
state
agencies
that
border
kentucky
thing.
I
would
like
to
I'd
like
to
thank
the
legislature
for
the
work
and
effort
that
they
put
forth
by
creating
the
trooper
job
series
salary
schedule
in
2016..
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Our
troopers
in
that
branch
will
respond
for
assistance
or,
though
for
for
items
that
they
would
like
analyzed
by
other
agencies,
or
those
can
be
submitted
to
our
electronic
crimes,
grants
for
analysis.
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So
to
try
to
rectify
that,
we
come
up
with
what
we
call
the
pick
3
concept,
what
that
is
when
you
apply
become
a
trooper
once
you
graduate
you
put
down
your
three
top
posts,
you
would
like
to
work
at
based
on
the
needs
of
the
agency
and
the
communities
that
we
serve
where
we
need
to
assign
personnel.
We
will
pick
one
of
those
top
three,
so
what
that
means
is
someone
from
mayfield
may
not
be
assigned
to
pickle
or
should
not
be
assigned
to
pogba?
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We've
also
worked
on
an
online
application
to
deal
with
some
of
our
youth.
What
we've
seen
that
you
they
like
to
be
able
to
submit
their
application
long
download
with
all
their
documents
directly
to
our
recruitment
section,
so
we're
currently
in
the
process
of
working
on
that
we've
created
a
lot
of
marketing
materials.
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Business
cards
we
created
over
300
000
or
I'm
sorry,
thirty
thousand
cards
such
as
this
to
give
to
our
troopers.
So
when
they
see
someone
that
potentially
would
like
to
be
a
trooper
it'll
explain
what
the
process
is
join.
Ksp
we've
also
conducted
a
top-to-bottom
review
of
our
recruitment
branch.
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We
also
discovered
that
of
those
counties
all
have
a
police
department,
sheriff's
department
or
both
who
have
a
higher
salary
than
ksp.
Some
of
these
even
have
entry
level
wages
of
thirty
thousand
dollars.
Above
what
ksp
starts
at,
we
feel
establishing
competitive
salaries.
Coupled
with
the
pick
3
initiative,
we
can
better
compete
with
those
agencies
for
qualified
applicants,
especially
minorities.
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What
that
is
anyone
with
a
potential
that
we've
identified,
someone
that
is
a
a
military
veteran
involved
in
sports
outdoors
fitness,
criminal
justice
majors?
Those
are,
those
are
the
ones
we're
going
to
be
targeting
to
try
to
recruit
to
come
to
ksp.
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Thank
you,
commissioner.
Representative
blanton
has
a
question
for
you.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
to
sit
in,
and
actually
it's
more
of
a
comment
and
a
question.
Commissioner,
and
I
have
had
conversations
about
this
we've
seen
this
coming.
I
think
I
would
want
more
along
the
lines
of
help,
explain
some
things
for
for
people
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
ksp
and
its
works.
When
we
talk
about
800
troopers,
keep
in
mind,
that's
not
just
uniform
troopers
on
the
road.
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If
we
had
that
many
uniform
troopers
on
the
road
we'd
be
in
pretty
good
shape,
but
we
have
general
investigative
detectives:
they
they
work
murders,
they
work,
burglaries,
they
work
arsenal,
they
work
a
all
types
of
criminal
cases
and
especially
in
rural
areas,
they're
the
only
ones
that's
doing
these
investigations,
then
we've
got
our
electronic
crimes
unit.
We've
got
our
special
investigations
units,
we
got
our
srt
unit
and
you
began
and
we
got
executive
security.
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We
begin
to
break
all
these
down
and
they're
necessary
positions,
but
every
time
you
have
someone
in
that
position
that
takes
somebody
off
the
road.
Just
like
the
commissioner
was
talking
about
beefing
up
the
recruitment
branch
which
I
applaud
him
for
doing
that
takes
valuable
personnel
off
the
road,
but
still
it's
a
necessity
that
we
have
to
have
and
300
people
for
90
positions
might
sound
like
a
lot,
but
we
at
ksp-
and
I
still
refer
to
it
as
we.
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You
know
you
have
to
have
a
very
clean
background
in
order
to
go
to
work
for
ksp,
because
it's
part
of
our
holding
up
that
professionalism
and
who
we
choose.
If
we
begin
to
go
down
the
slippery
slope
of
not
being
a
selective
of
the
people,
we
hire,
then
we're
going
to
start
seeing
more
and
more
issues
arise
of
problem.
Troopers
out
here
and
that's
not
good
for
the
citizenry,
it's
not
good
for
the
image
of
ksp,
so
we're
very
selective,
and
so
we
need
to
continue
to
be
the
best.
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We
need
to
be
able
to
be
competitive
with
every
other
agency
out
there
and
it's
vitally
important
that
that
we
look
at
finding
a
way
to
increase
the
salaries
of
our
troopers,
not
because
that
we're
simply
wanting
to
do
something
good
for
the
individual
troopers,
but
so
that
we
can
keep
a
a
top-notch
professional
agency
up
and
operational
and
doing
the
things
that
it
does
across
this
commonwealth
and
nearly
every
county.
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I
say
nearly
because
we
have
two
or
three
that
may
not
have
troopers
assigned
because
of
their
local
law
enforcement,
but
it
doesn't
mean
that
ksp
is
still
not
in
those
counties.
Doing
investigations
from
time
to
time.
In
my
30-plus
years
with
and
around
ksp,
this
is
the
most
dire
time
we've
ever
faced
and
we
we
really
have
to
look
at
as
a
legislative
body
what
we
can
do
to
help
them
to
remedy
this
problem.
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So
they
can
continue
the
good
work
that
they
do
and,
as
he
mentioned
early
on
a
lot
of
the
work
they
do
includes
work
in
our
labs
for
every
other
law
enforcement
agency
across
this
state
at
zero
cost
to
them.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
our
lab
does
more
work.
Correct
me,
commissioner,
if
I'm
wrong
for
other
agencies,
and
they
do
ksp
itself
when
it
comes
to
lab
work.
Is
that
correct.
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So
84
of
the
work
done
by
the
ksp
lab
that
is
funded
as
part
of
the
budget
we
give
ksp
is
helping
all
the
other
law
enforcement
agencies
across
the
state,
not
ksp
itself.
So
I
just
asked
this
this
committee
to
take
these
things
into
consideration
and
and
look
at
what
we
can
do
to
to
help
ksp
during
these
troubling
times.
We
we
had
no
say
in
when
I
was
working.
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We're
asked
to
do
more
with
less
all
the
time,
but
there
comes
a
point
in
time
when
you
can't
do
more
with
less
you
got
to
have
more
in
order
to
survive,
and
I
just
asked
for
the
support
of
all
the
members
of
this
committee.
Thank
you,
mr.
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I
guess
I
have
another
question,
not
just
the
salary
scale
as
compared
to
other
law
enforcement
agencies
and
other
things
like
that,
but
isn't
it
becoming
a
recruiting
problem
just
to
recruit
anybody
who
wants
to
serve
in
law
enforcement
these
days,
I
don't
know
if,
if
other
agencies
are
having
the
same
problems,
that
ksp
is
having,
but
it's
just
not
become
an
attractive
alternative,
a
career
for
for
young
people
to
to
enter
into.
Are
you
seeing
that
as
well.
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So
that's
why
you
know
with
with
us
we're
trying
to
think
outside
the
box
sort
of
say
I
know
that's
a
term
or
it's
a
phrase
utilized
a
lot,
but
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
to
attract
young
men
and
women
and
minorities
to
our
agency.
Because
that's
you
know,
that's
what
the
kentuckians
deserve
and
that's
what
we
have
to
do
to
to
bring
those
in.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
commissioner.
I
appreciate
you
being
here.
Part
of
the
problem
I
think
in
recruiting
is
that
there
is
a
lack
of
respect
felt
by
the
trooper
from
the
community
and
certainly
from
the
legislature.
So
I
just
wanted
to
tell
you
and
every
opportunity
I
get
to
say
how
much
respect
that
I
have
and
my
colleagues
in
the
legislature
for
law
enforcement
in
general,
but
for
our
troopers
in
particular,
I'm
a
louisville
boy
and
when
our
city
of
louisville
needed
our
help.
E
This
summer,
the
men
and
women
in
gray
came
to
our
help
to
our
aid
and
everybody.
I
talked
to
from
the
right
and
the
left
and
no
matter
where
they
were
on,
talked
about
how
professional
the
men
and
women
and
gray
were,
and
that
means
more
to
me
than
I
can
than
I
can
ever
convey
to
you
and
to
the
people
who
work
who
work
under
you.
E
I
would
also
note
that
not
only
is
the
salary,
an
issue
and
benefits
and
so
forth,
but
we
need
in
this
environment
that
we're
in
where
we've
got
to
defund,
monikers
and
so
forth,
and
I
don't
want
to
get
into
politics
on
those
questions.
But
in
today's
time,
in
today's
environment,
we
need
to
take
tangible
steps
of
respect.
In
the
last
few
years,
we've
given
much
needed
overdue,
and
we
don't
get
kudos
for
this
because
it
was
necessary,
but
what
much
needed
raises
to
the
troopers
we've
we've
solved
some
problems.
E
Although
we've
addressed
some
problems
not
solved
with
regard
to
the
automobiles
that
that
your
that
your
troopers
are
in,
we
got
rifles,
and
so
we've
done
some
of
the
necessities
and
now
it's
time
to
take
further
steps
and
two
things
that
I'd
like
to
see
that
we
do
in
particular,
is
to
come
through
on
the
clep
funds.
Clep
funds
are
not
from
tax
dollars.
Clep
that
clep
fund
is
healthy.
We
must
come
through
with
clep
this
year
in
the
legislature
that
600
increase
we've
got
to
come
through
for
that.
E
The
other
thing
representative
blanton's
bill,
which
would
increase
the
amount
of
the
percentage
of
pay
that
someone
would
get
if
they
have
a
total
permanent
disability
on
the
job
from
25
to
75
percent.
Those
are
things
we
must
do.
They
don't
only
they're,
not
only
good,
with
the
the
pocketbooks
of
the
troopers
who
are
are
working
on
our
behalf
for
two
few
dollars
already,
but
they
show
the
respect
that's
due
of
the
trooper
and
that
I
think
that
we
have.
We
say
those
words
we
feel
it.
E
We've
got
to
come
through
for
it,
and
so
I
want
to,
I
hope,
hope
we
can
do
that
this
session
and,
commissioner,
it's
great
to
see
you
here
today
and
again
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
all
the
men
and
women
in
gray
who
came
to
our
city
in
louisville
in
our
time
of
need
this
summer.
So
thank
you
for
your
professionalism
and
thank
you
for
always
being
there,
for.
I
wouldn't
say
us,
because
it's
all
of
us,
but
but
for
for
kentucky's
city
of
louisville.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
A
Thank
you,
sir.
I
do
have
one
more
question,
commissioner.
You
earlier
in
your
statement,
you
mentioned
the
governor's
budget
contained
5.1
million
and
3.0
million
for
rapid
dna
testing.
Things
like
that
is.
Will
that
amount
that
the
governor
has
proposed?
Would
that
go
quite
a
long
ways
to
solving
the
retention
and
recruitment
issue
that
you're
having.
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Yes,
it
will
it,
you
know,
we
feel
that
you
know
the
governor's
proposal.
You
know
it
is
a
is
very
fair
and
equal,
especially
across
the
executive
branch.
But
yes,
you
know
those
those
obviously
you'll
deal
with
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
we're
dealing
with
within
our
agency.
A
All
right
well,
thank
you
very
much,
commissioner.
It's
an
important
testimony
and
we
will
we
will
act
on
it,
hopefully
this
session,
if
not
this
session,
the
next
budget
session.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
All
right,
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
from
the
kentucky
circuit
court.
Clerks
they've
asked
to
address
this
committee.
It's
john
middleton
kenton
circuit
court
clerk
and
co-chair
of
the
legislation
committee
for
the
kentucky
association
of
circuit
court
clerks
john.
Are
you
on.
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F
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
members
of
the
committee.
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today.
My
name
is
john
middleton,
I'm
kenton
circuit
clerk
and
co-chair
of
our
legislation
committee.
I
know
they're
going
to
be
happy
to
hear
the
three
things
I'm
here
to
talk
about
today.
First,
is
I'm
going
to
be
brief?
F
Unlike
many
of
our
fellow
county
elected
officials,
we're
not
a
fee
based
office,
all
of
our
funding
comes
through
the
judicial
branch
budget
and
that's
why
we're
here
before
this
committee
today,
because
we're
not
a
fee
based
office.
We
have
no
budget.
All
of
our
funding
comes
through
the
administrative
offices
of
the
courts.
This
includes
our
funding
for
our
expense
accounts
that
we're
talking
about
today.
F
We
certainly
understand
the
desire
to
rein
in
expenses,
and
but
all
we're
asking
for
is
to
be
kept
on
par
financially
with
other.
Similarly
elected
county
and
state
officials
in
your
packet
you'll
see
that
the
salaries
of
county
officials
are
between
12
and
19
000
higher
than
those
of
similar
circuit
clerks.
F
This
amounts
to
over
a
16
percent
difference
across
the
board.
Statewide,
your
circuit
clerk
in
the
judicial
branch
is
being
paid
far
less
than
other
officials
in
the
executive
branch.
Additionally,
county
officials
are
able
to
use
their
fee
based
money
to
pay
for
their
additional
business
expenses
of
the
office.
F
We
know
that
these
are
uncertain
budget
times
and,
while
I'd
like
to
be
here
discussing
a
more
competitive
salary
structure
for
our
deputies
and
for
the
elected
clerks,
we
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
this
funding
is
vital
to
the
daily
operation
of
the
circuit
clerk's
offices.
I
thank
you
for
your
time.
Like
I
said
I
would
be
brief,
but
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
want
to
thank
john
middleton
for
his
comments
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
circuit
clerks.
I
want
to
highlight
tooth
at
one
thing
and
then
ask
a
question.
The
highlight
is
you're
asking
to
be
kept
on
par.
That's
not
what
you're
asking
for
john,
because
you
guys
are
way
behind
already
and
so
you're
asking
not
to
be
put
further
behind.
E
E
If
we
don't
fund
this
request,
if
we
don't
put
a
line
item
in
there,
the
money
will
not
go
into
the
general
fund
for
us
to
use
for
other
important
things.
It
will
go
to
the
judiciary,
for
chief
justice
meant
to
spend
it.
However,
he
wants
to
so
by
not
funding
it.
It
gives
more
money
to
the
court
system
to
use
with
for
their
discretion
by
line
iteming
it
it
just
get.
E
It
requires
the
chief
justice
to
give
this
to
give
these
dollars
to
our
circuit
clerks,
so
it
does
not
benefit
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky
not
to
fund
it,
as
as
one
might
think,
because
the
money
would
just
go
to
the
court
of
justice
for
their
use
of
discretionary
funds.
F
Yes,
that
is
my
understanding
as
well.
It's
a
judicial
branch
budget
function.
E
A
E
B
I
think
is
that
right:
yes,
you
would
either
if
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
increase
it.
It's
introduced
by
the
chief
justice,
but
if
you
were
to
suspend.
E
E
E
A
Okay,
thank
you
any
other
questions
comments.
If
not
john,
we
appreciate
your
testimony
today.
We'll
certainly
keep
an
eye
on
that
budget
item
and
there
are
no
other
business
before
the
committee.
We
are
adjourned.
Thank.