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Kentucky police field reference

Kentucky criminal and traffic statutes, the decisions that interpret them, and field guides that walk the call. Built from published state sources and stored on your phone, so it works with no signal. Covers KRS Title L and KRS Title XVI.

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StreetSense app statute screen for N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, driving while intoxicated, showing grade, penalties and patrol notesStreetSense app search screen: typing "suspended" returns the matching statutes and decision trees

App screens show New Jersey. Every state pack uses the same layout.

815Kentucky statutes
46Case-law entries
81Field guides
75Quick cards
OfflineWorks with no signal

Counts reflect the current Kentucky content pack and change with each release.

What’s in the Kentucky pack

No law-review language. Each entry tells you what the law requires, what to charge and what to do first.

StreetSense app statute screen for N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, driving while intoxicated, showing grade, penalties and patrol notes

Kentucky statutes

KRS Title L and KRS Title XVI, with the grade, the elements to prove and a note on what to do first.

StreetSense app search screen: typing "suspended" returns the matching statutes and decision trees

Search the way you talk

Type “suspended” or “road rage” and get the right section. No statute numbers to memorize.

StreetSense app field guides screen listing decision-tree categories such as What Do I Charge, Domestic Violence and Traffic

Field guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs for the calls that go sideways, with the legal basis at each step.

StreetSense app case law library grouped by topic, including searches and warrants, vehicle stops and Miranda

Case law for patrol

Kentucky decisions and the U.S. Supreme Court cases that decide your stops, in plain English with the citation.

Federal floor, Kentucky rules

U.S. Supreme Court decisions set the minimum for every stop, search and arrest. Kentucky’s legislature and courts can add stricter rules, and the answer on the street depends on both. The Kentucky pack keeps the state’s own statutes and decisions next to the federal cases, and our blog breaks down both, state by state.

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Kentucky decisions officers should know

Kentucky Supreme Court · 2009

McCloud v. Commonwealth

After a lawful probable-cause arrest you may search the arrestee's person. Under Gant, you may search the car incident to that arrest only if he can reach the passenger compartment, or it is reasonable to believe the car holds evidence of the arrest offense. Here a drug arrest made that belief reasonable.

286 S.W.3d 780

Find the opinion for McCloud v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court · 2013

Commonwealth v. Bucalo

A traffic stop may last only as long as needed to handle the violation. Holding the driver longer takes reasonable, articulable suspicion of other crime from the whole picture, including what you knew before the stop, and you must diligently work to confirm or dispel it. An exterior dog sniff during a lawful stop is not a search.

422 S.W.3d 253

Find the opinion for Commonwealth v. Bucalo

Kentucky Supreme Court · 1999

Mills v. Commonwealth

A clear, voluntary 'yes' is a lawful warrantless search — but the Commonwealth carries the burden to prove the consent was voluntary by a preponderance, judged on the totality of the circumstances. Capture the exchange.

996 S.W.2d 473

Find the opinion for Mills v. Commonwealth

Each summary was checked against the court’s majority opinion on September 30, 2026. Read the decision and follow your agency’s policy; this is reference guidance, not legal advice.

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Temporary tags in Kentucky

Scan a temporary tag and check it against the issuing state’s reference. The app shows what it found and the state’s own details. You make the call. Free for verified law enforcement, with or without a subscription.

StreetSense temporary tag scanner home screen with the Scan a Tag button

Work near a state line?

Task force, bi-state agency or a beat near the border: every state has its own page, and the Federal Kit travels with you.

The Kentucky kit

Full Patrol Kit $24.99/yr · Patrol Essentials $9.99/yr · Lifetime $69.99 once, limited per state. 7-day free trial for new subscribers.

Questions

Does StreetSense cover Kentucky law offline?

Yes. The Kentucky pack covers KRS Title L and KRS Title XVI, with case law, field guides and quick cards, and it is stored on your phone, so it works with no signal. Updates download in the background the next time you have service.

What does the Kentucky pack include?

The current Kentucky content pack has 815 statutes, 46 case-law entries, 81 field guides and 75 quick cards. Counts change with each release.

How much does StreetSense cost?

Patrol Essentials is $9.99 a year and the Full Patrol Kit is $24.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. The Lifetime Kit is $69.99 one time, where available (limited per state). It covers your selected state’s kit in the StreetSense mobile app for iOS and Android, with the content updates and new features added to the app over time. It does not unlock every state; the Lifetime All-States Kit is a separate add-on for Lifetime Kit holders. Products offered separately, such as companion apps, device integrations and agency services, are not included. See pricing and the Terms of Use, Sections 5.5 and 5.6.

Who built StreetSense?

A New Jersey police officer, Nick S. StreetSense is published by MNS Industries, LLC. Content comes from published official sources and cites its authority; see how we verify it.

Is this legal advice?

No. StreetSense is an educational reference. Federal decisions set the floor, and your state and department policy can be stricter. Follow your agency’s policy and your prosecutor’s guidance.

Carry Kentucky law on your phone.

★ 4.9 from 124 ratings on the App Store. Works with no signal.