74-5602. Definitions. As used in the Kansas law enforcement training act:
(a) "Training center" means the law enforcement training center within the division of continuing education of the university of Kansas, created by KSA 74-5603 and amendments thereto.
(b) "Commission" means the Kansas law enforcement training commission, created by KSA 74-5606 and amendments thereto.
(c) "Director" means the dean of the division of continuing education of the university of Kansas.
(d) "Associate director", as created in KSA 74-5603 and amendments thereto, means the associate director of the division of continuing education of the university of Kansas who shall serve as the director of police training at the law enforcement training center.
(e) "Police officer" or "law enforcement officer" means a full-time or part-time salaried officer or employee of the state, a county or a city, whose duties include the prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal or traffic laws of this state or of any municipality thereof. Such terms shall include, but not be limited to, the sheriff, undersheriff and full-time or part-time salaried deputies in the sheriff's office in each county; conservation officers of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; campus policemen at all state educational institutions; law enforcement agents of the director of alcoholic beverage control; law enforcement agents of the Kansas lottery; law enforcement agents of the Kansas racing commission; deputies and assistants of the state fire marshal having law enforcement authority; capitol area security guards, existing under the authority of KSA 75-4503 and amendments thereto. Such terms shall also include railroad policemen appointed pursuant to KSA 66-524 and amendments thereto; and school security officers designated as school law enforcement officers pursuant to KSA 72-8222 and amendments thereto. Such terms shall not include any elected official, other than a sheriff, serving in the capacity of a law enforcement or police officer solely by virtue of such official's elected position; any attorney-at-law having responsibility for law enforcement and discharging such responsibility solely in the capacity of an attorney; any employee of the secretary of corrections or the secretary of social and rehabilitation services; any deputy conservation officer of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; or any employee of a city or county who is employed solely to perform correctional duties related to jail inmates and the administration and operation of a jail; or any full-time or part-time salaried officer or employee whose duties include the issuance of a citation or notice to appear provided such officer or employee is not vested by law with the authority to make an arrest for violation the laws of this state or any municipality thereof, and is not authorized to carry firearms when discharging the duties of such person's office or employment. Such term shall include any officer appointed or elected on a provisional basis.
(f) "Full-time" means employment requiring at least 1,000 hours of work per year.
(g) "Part-time" means employment on a regular schedule or employment which requires a minimum number of hours each payroll period, but in any case requiring less than 1,000 hours of work per year.