Summary of Original Version

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 455 to create procedures and requirements for issuance of warrants authorizing entry without notice; require judges to review applications for warrants impartially; and require service by SWAT or special response teams with special training; amend KRS 523.020 to make clear that an officer's false statement in an application for a warrant authorizing entry without notice constitutes perjury; propose a rule of evidence making inadmissible any evidence collected as the result of a warrant authorizing entry without notice which did not comply with statutes or which was obtained through perjury or false statements.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- P. Minter

Summary Limit offenses for which a no-knock warrant could be used; remove spoliation of evidence as a permissible rationale; require all law enforcement officers executing a no-knock warrant to be clearly identifiable as law enforcement officers; require the presence of a paramedic or emergency medical technician when exicuting a no-knock warrant.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- J. Blanton

Summary Allow law enforcement officers seeking a no-knock warrant to consult with the Attorney General or deputy attorney general; extend time period during which no-knock warrants can be executed to midnight; allow officers without specialized training and not part of a SWAT team to execute no-knock warrants if exigent circumstances exist and officers meeting the requirements are not available; allow use of recording devices other than body-worn cameras.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- C. Fugate

Summary Expand offenses for which no-knock warrants may be obtained to include Class B and Class C felonies in KRS Chapter 218A.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 4 -- P. Minter

Summary Limit offenses for which a no-knock warrant could be used; require all law enforcement officers executing a no-knock warrant to be clearly identifiable as law enforcement officers; require the presence of a paramedic or emergency medical technician when executing a no-knock warrant.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 5 -- D. Elliott

Summary Decrease burden of proof required for issuance of a warrant authorizing entry without notice.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 6 -- J. Blanton

Summary Add additional offenses for which a no-knock warrant could be used; require all law enforcement officers executing a no-knock warrant to be clearly identifiable as law enforcement officers; require the presence of a paramedic or emergency medical technician when exicuting a no-knock warrant; allow officers without specialized training and not part of a SWAT team to execute no-knock warrants if exigent circumstances exist and officers meeting the requirements are not available; allow use of recording devices other than body-worn cameras.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 7 -- J. Blanton

Summary Require all law enforcement officers executing a no-knock warrant to be clearly identifiable as law enforcement officers; require the presence of a paramedic or emergency medical technician when exicuting a no-knock warrant; in counties under 90,000, allow officers without specialized training and not part of a SWAT team to execute no-knock warrants if exigent circumstances exist and officers meeting the requirements are not available; in counties under 90,000, allow use of recording devices other than body-worn cameras.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 523.020
Acts Chapter 202: 523.020
Current: 523.020