Kentucky
Kentucky's 120 sheriffs are constitutional officers (Ky. Const. § 99), and no Kentucky county has a body with independent authority to investigate, review, or monitor the sheriff's conduct toward the public. Jefferson County (Louisville Metro) has a Deputy Sheriff Merit Board under KRS 70.260-273 — but that is an employment civil service body that hears disciplinary appeals from deputies; it has no public complaint intake or independent investigative authority.
Counties
| # | County | Oversight body | LE capability | Independence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No oversight body established | ||||
| 01 | Adair | — | — | — |
| 02 | Allen | — | — | — |
| 03 | Anderson | — | — | — |
| 04 | Ballard | — | — | — |
| 05 | Barren | — | — | — |
| 06 | Bath | — | — | — |
| 07 | Bell | — | — | — |
| 08 | Boone | — | — | — |
| 09 | Bourbon | — | — | — |
| 10 | Boyd | — | — | — |
| 11 | Boyle | — | — | — |
| 12 | Bracken | — | — | — |
| 13 | Breathitt | — | — | — |
| 14 | Breckinridge | — | — | — |
| 15 | Bullitt | — | — | — |
| 16 | Butler | — | — | — |
| 17 | Caldwell | — | — | — |
| 18 | Calloway | — | — | — |
| 19 | Campbell | — | — | — |
| 20 | Carlisle | — | — | — |
| 21 | Carroll | — | — | — |
| 22 | Carter | — | — | — |
| 23 | Casey | — | — | — |
| 24 | Christian | — | — | — |
| 25 | Clark | — | — | — |
| 26 | Clay | — | — | — |
| 27 | Clinton | — | — | — |
| 28 | Crittenden | — | — | — |
| 29 | Cumberland | — | — | — |
| 30 | Daviess | — | — | — |
| 31 | Edmonson | — | — | — |
| 32 | Elliott | — | — | — |
| 33 | Estill | — | — | — |
| 34 | Fayette | — | — | — |
| 35 | Fleming | — | — | — |
| 36 | Floyd | — | — | — |
| 37 | Franklin | — | — | — |
| 38 | Fulton | — | — | — |
| 39 | Gallatin | — | — | — |
| 40 | Garrard | — | — | — |
| 41 | Grant | — | — | — |
| 42 | Graves | — | — | — |
| 43 | Grayson | — | — | — |
| 44 | Green | — | — | — |
| 45 | Greenup | — | — | — |
| 46 | Hancock | — | — | — |
| 47 | Hardin | — | — | — |
| 48 | Harlan | — | — | — |
| 49 | Harrison | — | — | — |
| 50 | Hart | — | — | — |
| 51 | Henderson | — | — | — |
| 52 | Henry | — | — | — |
| 53 | Hickman | — | — | — |
| 54 | Hopkins | — | — | — |
| 55 | Jackson | — | — | — |
| 56 | Jefferson | — | — | — |
| 57 | Jessamine | — | — | — |
| 58 | Johnson | — | — | — |
| 59 | Kenton | — | — | — |
| 60 | Knott | — | — | — |
| 61 | Knox | — | — | — |
| 62 | Larue | — | — | — |
| 63 | Laurel | — | — | — |
| 64 | Lawrence | — | — | — |
| 65 | Lee | — | — | — |
| 66 | Leslie | — | — | — |
| 67 | Letcher | — | — | — |
| 68 | Lewis | — | — | — |
| 69 | Lincoln | — | — | — |
| 70 | Livingston | — | — | — |
| 71 | Logan | — | — | — |
| 72 | Lyon | — | — | — |
| 73 | Madison | — | — | — |
| 74 | Magoffin | — | — | — |
| 75 | Marion | — | — | — |
| 76 | Marshall | — | — | — |
| 77 | Martin | — | — | — |
| 78 | Mason | — | — | — |
| 79 | McCracken | — | — | — |
| 80 | McCreary | — | — | — |
| 81 | McLean | — | — | — |
| 82 | Meade | — | — | — |
| 83 | Menifee | — | — | — |
| 84 | Mercer | — | — | — |
| 85 | Metcalfe | — | — | — |
| 86 | Monroe | — | — | — |
| 87 | Montgomery | — | — | — |
| 88 | Morgan | — | — | — |
| 89 | Muhlenberg | — | — | — |
| 90 | Nelson | — | — | — |
| 91 | Nicholas | — | — | — |
| 92 | Ohio | — | — | — |
| 93 | Oldham | — | — | — |
| 94 | Owen | — | — | — |
| 95 | Owsley | — | — | — |
| 96 | Pendleton | — | — | — |
| 97 | Perry | — | — | — |
| 98 | Pike | — | — | — |
| 99 | Powell | — | — | — |
| 100 | Pulaski | — | — | — |
| 101 | Robertson | — | — | — |
| 102 | Rockcastle | — | — | — |
| 103 | Rowan | — | — | — |
| 104 | Russell | — | — | — |
| 105 | Scott | — | — | — |
| 106 | Shelby | — | — | — |
| 107 | Simpson | — | — | — |
| 108 | Spencer | — | — | — |
| 109 | Taylor | — | — | — |
| 110 | Todd | — | — | — |
| 111 | Trigg | — | — | — |
| 112 | Trimble | — | — | — |
| 113 | Union | — | — | — |
| 114 | Warren | — | — | — |
| 115 | Washington | — | — | — |
| 116 | Wayne | — | — | — |
| 117 | Webster | — | — | — |
| 118 | Whitley | — | — | — |
| 119 | Wolfe | — | — | — |
| 120 | Woodford | — | — | — |