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Oldham County jailer presents annual policy updates; fiscal court approves updated manual
Summary
Jailer Jeff Tyndall briefed fiscal court on annual changes to the jail’s policy and procedure manual, including renamed conducted electronic weapon terminology, restraint and handcuff timing limits, quarantine and admission approvals; the court voted to approve the updated manual.
Oldham County Jailer Jeff Tyndall presented the annual policy and procedure manual updates required by state oversight and answered magistrates’ questions before fiscal court voted to approve the revisions.
What changed: Tyndall said the manual records policy changes made during the prior year and noted several substantive updates: - Conducted Electronic Weapon terminology now uses “TASER Energy Weapon.” - Kentucky law lowered the employment age for some jail positions from 21 to 18; the jail included the change in policy but has not adopted the new lower age for staff who must be around inmates because the facility holds federal detainees. - The allowable continuous time a person may remain in handcuffs was reduced from 15 minutes to 10 minutes on the jail’s internal timeline, following state recommendation. - Restraint chair use: the jailer or medical staff must approve keeping an inmate in a restraint chair longer than two hours. - Denial of admission to the jail must now be approved by the jailer or the nurse on duty rather than by a jail supervisor alone. - The manual formalized a quarantine period: incoming detainees now remain in a quarantined holding area for at least 10 days prior to movement into the general population; this reflects procedures adopted since COVID.
Vote: After questions about whether the manual is posted publicly (Tyndall said the policy and procedure manual is maintained in-house; the jail handbook has public information), fiscal court moved and approved the manual by voice vote.
Context and process: Tyndall said all changes are reviewed by the county attorney and the jail committee before being finalized and that the revisions were required for the annual filing the state mandates. Magistrates discussed whether the manual should be posted, and Tyndall explained handbooks that contain security-sensitive detail are typically kept in-house.
Ending: The court approved the manual and thanked the jailer for the annual update.
