Law Enforcement Lobbying For Constable Training

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Sheriff's Association and the Kentucky Constables Association are lobbying the legislature to require law enforcement training for the state's 454 constables. The Kentucky Constables Association offers monthly trainings for its 176 members, but other constables never receive any training, although they have the same authority as a sheriff's deputy. The problem was highlighted earlier this month when Graves County constable Jeffrey Burnett was charged with wanton endangerment for using his vehicle to force a traffic stop on a woman who was a mother and grandmother who had two children in the car.