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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces June 2005 graduates
HUTCHINSON -- University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway congratulated more than 50 new law enforcement graduates at their June 24 graduation in the 4-H Building on the Kansas State Fairgrounds after they completed a 14-week basic training program at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) near Yoder.
The graduates, who began their training course March 21, represented 37 municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas. They were the 180th basic training class of graduates.
Graduates receive certificates for course completion and Kansas law enforcement certification from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training, the state's law enforcement licensing authority, formerly known as the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Commission. The training course fulfills the state requirement for law enforcement training. Classroom lectures and hands-on applications help train officers solve the increasingly complex problems they face in the line of duty.
KLETC is a unit of KU Continuing Education. Established in 1968 as the central law enforcement training facility for the state, the center is near Yoder in southern Reno County at a former naval air station.
KLETC directly trains the majority of municipal, county and state law enforcement officers in Kansas, and the center oversees and monitors the training of the remaining officers at seven authorized and certified academy programs operated by local law enforcement agencies and the Kansas Highway Patrol. In addition, KLETC maintains and monitors the employment and training histories of all Kansas law enforcement officers in the Central Registry, created in 1982 by the Kansas Legislature for that purpose.
About 350 officers enroll in the 14-week basic training program annually. KLETC offered continuing education and specialized training to more than 2,500 Kansas officers last year. Funding for the training center is generated from court docket fees from municipal and state courts. No funds from the state's general revenue are used to operate the center.
The graduates, their positions and their agencies by county are listed below.
| County | Agency city | Name | Rank | Dept/Agency | ||
| BR | Horton | Joseph Ellerman | Patrolman | Kickapoo Tribal Police Department | ||
| BT | Great Bend | Brant Harms | Deputy | Barton County Sheriff's Department | ||
| BU | Augusta | Kenny Allman | Patrol Officer | Augusta Department of Safety | ||
| BU | El Dorado | Luke W. Grimes | Deputy | Butler County Sheriff's Department | ||
| CN | St. Francis | David Warren | Patrol Officer | St. Francis Police Department | ||
| DG | Baldwin City | Kristen Dymacek | Patrol Officer | Baldwin City Police Department | ||
| DG | Derby | Quentin M. Cunningham | Police Officer | Derby Police Department | ||
| DG | Lawrence | Todd William Carpenter | Police Officer | KU Public Safety Office | ||
| DG | Lawrence | Randal C. Collins | Deputy | Douglas County Sheriff's Department | ||
| DG | Lawrence | Clinton Herrman | Deputy | Douglas County Sheriff's Department | ||
| EL | Hays | Russell Leggett | Natural Resource Officer I | KS Department of Wildlife & Parks | ||
| FO | Dodge City | Jeff Davis | Sgt. Bailiff Division | Ford County Sheriff's Department | ||
| FR | Ottawa | Kyle W. Stephenson | Deputy | Franklin County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JO | Gardner | Justin R. Thomas | Deputy | Johnson County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JO | Gardner | Michael E. Wells | Public Safety Officer | Gardner Department of Public Safety | ||
| JO | Gardner | Nicholas Wright | Public Safety Officer | Gardner Department of Public Safety | ||
| JO | Olathe | Nathan G. Bell | Deputy | Johnson County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JO | Olathe | Antwan D. Johnson | Deputy | Johnson County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JO | Olathe | Andre Mynssen Santos | Deputy | Johnson County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JO | Olathe | Brian Taylor | Deputy | Johnson County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JO | Olathe | Matthew Wiggin | Deputy | Johnson County Sheriff's Department | ||
| JW | Mankato | Dave Fullerton | Sheriff | Jewell County Sheriff's Department | ||
| LG | Oakley | Dustin R. Shellito | Deputy | Logan County Sheriff's Department | ||
| LN | Pleasanton | Clifford P. McKee | Chief | Pleasanton Police Department | ||
| LV | Basehor | Robert B. Van Cleave | Officer | Basehor Police Department | ||
| LV | Leavenworth | Christopher Nicholson | Police Officer | Leavenworth Police Department | ||
| LV | Leavenworth | James Untereiner | Leavenworth Police Department | |||
| LV | Tonganoxie | Dustin Holladay | Patrolman | Tonganoxie Police Department | ||
| LY | Emporia | Shawn Alexander | Lieutenant | Lyon County Sheriff's Department | ||
| LY | Emporia | Joseph Atchison | Sgt. | Lyon County Sheriff's Department | ||
| MG | Caney | Michael D. Kingery | Patrolman | Caney Police Department | ||
| MG | Cherryvale | William Jared Helkenberg | Police Officer | Cherryvale Police Department | ||
| MG | Coffeyville | Dustin J. Adams | Patrolman | Coffeyville Police Department | ||
| NO | Erie | Matthew M. Bogle | Deputy | Neosho County Sheriff's Department | ||
| OS | Lyndon | Lowell David Walker | Patrol Officer | Lyndon Police Department | ||
| PT | Westmoreland | Brian L. Hornaday | Deputy Sheriff | Pottawatomie Co. Sheriff's Department | ||
| RH | LaCrosse | Jason Reece | Police Officer | LaCrosse Police Department | ||
| RN | Hutchinson | Levi Blumanhourst | Deputy | Reno Co. Sheriff's Department | ||
| RP | Belleville | Kimbrelee D. Judy | Deputy | Republic County Sheriff's Department | ||
| SA | Salina | Jamie Grover | Police Officer I | Salina Police Department | ||
| SA | Salina | Andrew Ziegler | Officer | Salina Police Department | ||
| SG | Derby | Victor M. Carr | Police Officer | Derby Police Department | ||
| SG | Maize | Rick Swanson | Patrol Officer | Maize Police Department | ||
| SV | Hugoton | Brian Schooley | Patrolman | Hugoton Police Department | ||
| SW | Liberal | Russell Almes | Police Officer | Liberal Police Department | ||
| SW | Liberal | Jordan M. Massoni | Police Officer | Liberal Police Department | ||
| SW | Liberal | Shiloh Moreno | Police Officer | Liberal Police Department | ||
| TR | WaKeeney | Jason Hawman | NRO I | KS Department of Wildlife & Parks | ||
| WY | Kansas City | Ronald A. Carpenter | Deputy | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department | ||
| WY | Kansas City | James D. Dodds | Deputy | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department | ||
| WY | Kansas City | Jeffery Allen Merkel | Sgt. | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department | ||
| WY | Kansas City | David L. Ornelas | Deputy | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department | ||
| WY | Kansas City | Myrtle E. Williams | Deputy | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department |
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