Kentucky State Police Offers Virtual Option for ‘Read Across America Day’

Free Downloadable Video Available Frankfort, KY. (March 1, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is breaking out the books to participate in ‘Read Across America Day’, a nationwide reading celebration honoring Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries and community centers participate by bringing together kids and teens to foster a love...

Kentucky State Police Post 12 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Frankfort, Ky. (March 1, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police Post 12 Frankfort, which provides coverage for Shelby, Spencer, Franklin, Anderson, Scott, Woodford, and Fayette counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved locations in accordance with Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce...

Kentucky State Police Investigates Fatal Collision in Magoffin County

Royalton, KY. (February 25, 2021) – Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post received a call on February 25, 2021, at 1:06 p.m. reporting a single vehicle collision had occurred on Puncheon Creek Road in the Royalton community of Magoffin County. A trooper from Post 9 responded and began the investigation. The initial investigation indicated Marcus Risner, 59 years...

Kentucky State Police Charge Franklin County Man With Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses

Frankfort, KY. (February 25, 2021) — The Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested Edward L. Lewis, 53, on charges related to child sexual abuse material. Lewis was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation after discovering the suspect viewing images of child sexual...

KSP Provides Winter Weather Driving Update

Frankfort, KY. (Feb. 9, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police has received several media requests for interviews regarding the impending winter weather storm expected to arrive in Kentucky later this evening. For that reason, and in an effort to assist all media outlets across the state, KSP is providing a taped video interview with KSP Spokesman Sergeant Billy...

Kentucky State Police Angel Initiative Responds to Drug Epidemic Amidst Pandemic

New Covid-19 Guidelines for Angel Initiative Participants Frankfort, KY. (Feb. 3, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Angel Initiative is a proactive program designed to help people battle addiction. The program, available at all 16 KSP post locations, temporarily paused in April while the agency developed safety protocols in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today,...

Kentucky State Police Post 12 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Frankfort, Ky. (February 1, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police Post 12 Frankfort, which provides coverage for Shelby, Spencer, Franklin, Anderson, Scott, Woodford, and Fayette counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved locations in accordance with Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce...

Kentucky State Police Post 12 Arrests Tennessee Murder Suspect

Frankfort, Ky. (February 1, 2021) – Kentucky State Police Post 12 Frankfort was notified by the Knoxville Police Department just before 9:00 pm yesterday evening in reference to a murder suspect they were tracking in the Fayette County area. Horace Nunez, 28 years old of Knoxville, Tennessee, was wanted out of Tennessee for the murder of a...

Forty-Five Cadets Graduate from Kentucky State Police Training Academy

Iconic Cadet Class 100 Makes History Frankfort, KY. (Jan. 22, 2021) — Today, the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Training Academy, along with the Governor’s Office and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, presented graduation diploma’s to forty-five new troopers. These cadets have special significance as they represent the one-hundredth training class since the inception of the agency in...

Kentucky State Police Post 12 Welcomes New Troopers

Frankfort, Ky. (January 22, 2021) — Today, the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Training Academy, along with the Governor’s Office and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, presented graduation diploma’s to forty-five new troopers. Of those, two new troopers are assigned to Post 12. These cadets have special significance as they represent the one-hundredth training class since the inception...