KRS 533.010(12) permits a court to order a defendant to submit to probation monitoring by a private agency when the court deems it in the best interest of the defendant and the public to do so. The following rules shall apply when a district court orders a private agency to supervise a defendant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or traffic offense and placed on probation as an alternative sentence to imprisonment.
Ky. R. Sup. Ct. SCR 9.000