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The National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators recognized Kentucky's new Cops in Court program in its Spring newsletter.

The United States Supreme Court held that an officer acted reasonably under the Fourth Amendment when he made an investigative stop after running a vehicle's license plate and learned that the registered owner's license was revoked.

Over 56,000 drug and alcohol violations were recorded in 2020 with most drug test failures (29,500) resulting from the use of marijuana.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment generally does not bar states from taking a blood sample from an unconscious drunk-driving suspect without a warrant.

Kentucky is the deadliest state for teen drivers, with 128 fatalities from 2013 to 2017. Teen motorists in this state are 16% more likely to die in a car crash than those in Mississippi—the second most deadly state—and 140% more so than the average U