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Allowing untrained constables to roam around Kentucky exercising the same peace officer powers is unsafe and an insult to our officers,” Koenig, a Republican from Erlanger, said of House Bill 239.

Kentucky lawmakers for more than a decade tried to rid the state of its 586 constables, an archaic position that predates most law enforcement agencies and does not collect a taxpayer-funded salary.

Kentucky’s 1850 Constitution created the office of constable. The state constitution requires the election of one constable in each magisterial district. Warren County has six constables.

The Kentucky Constable Association filed a lawsuit challenging the measure enacted this year. The suit seeks an injunction blocking the law. It was filed Thursday in Bullitt Circuit Court.