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Headquarters | 125 Holmes Street Frankfort, Kentucky |
Employees | about 8,000 |
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Website | Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet |
The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC) is an agency of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky that is responsible for providing law enforcement, criminal justice and correctional services to the citizens of Kentucky. The Cabinet is headed by a Cabinet Secretary appointed by the Governor of Kentucky, with the consent of the Kentucky State Senate. The Cabinet Secretary is a key member of the Governor's senior policy staff.
The current Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet is Keith Jackson, who succeeded Kerry B. Harvey and Mary C. Noble as governor Andy Beshear's third secretary of the cabinet.