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Officer Kyle Florer
By Carolyn Reid
Police Chief Marty Hart recently brought in some new blood and some veteran skills to the Falmouth Police Department with the addition of Officers Matthew Campbell and Kyle Florer.
Hart states the force has met approximately 85 percent of its goal to be a 24/7 department. He shared during a recent council meeting they are looking at as many as eight applicants. He hopes to bring the force up to 100 percent coverage within the next several months as budgets and applicants allow.
Florer, a native of Pendleton County and an officer with more than four years’ experience, moved over from the PC Sheriff’s Department.
His tenure with Falmouth PD began March 25, and he will be assigned as a patrol officer and as a field training officer, Hart said.
Florer will also work to develop the PD’s K-9 program.
Florer was initially hired by the former sheriff Eddie Quinn and Hart when he served as deputy sheriff during Quinn’s administration. Quinn and Hart sent him to the academy during that time. He has been involved with a few attention-grabbing calls such as a pickup fire that included tanks of flammable material and the infamous Shower Curtain Streaker from a couple of years ago.
Campbell is a March 14 graduate of the police academy. He as was hired last summer by the department and began the academy in the Fall of 2023.
He has worked alongside various members of the department when he has been on breaks from the academy, so he is familiar with the city, and the city is becoming familiar with him.
Hart said Campbell “excelled in all areas and was recognized for earning the top physical fitness score of the entire class”; also, during his time at the Department of Criminal Justice Training/Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy, he completed the required 800 hours.
Students of the academy “identify, discuss, and demonstrate learning” in areas including patrol procedures, physical training, vehicle operations, defensive tactics, criminal law, traffic and DUI, firearms, criminal investigations, and tactical responses to crises.
“This is the basic training course for officers required by (Kentucky Revised Statutes, Kentucky Administrative Regulations and Kentucky Law Enforcement) certification,” Hart said. “Recruits must comply with all administrative regulations and successfully complete all training areas to be eligible for graduation.”