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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces October 2005 graduates
HUTCHINSON -- Garden City Police Chief James Hawkins congratulated 60 new law enforcement graduates at their Oct. 21 graduation in the 4-H Building on the Kansas State Fairgrounds after they completed a basic training program at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) near Yoder.
The graduates, who began their training course July 18, represented 42 municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas. They were the 181st 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 to 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.
| Dept/Agency | Name | Rank | Agency is Located | Residence if different than agency city | |
| Arkansas City Police Dept. | Kasey Kielhorn | Patrolman | Arkansas City | Wichita | |
| Atchison Police Dept. | Joshua W. Sinclair | Patrolman | Atchison | ||
| Atchison Police Dept. | Jeffrey T. Smith | Patrol Officer I | Atchison | ||
| Burlingame Police Dept. | Edward Dudley | Patrolman | Burlingame | Eskridge | |
| Cherokee Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Kent Soucy | Undersheriff | Columbus | ||
| Cowley Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Sean Skov | Deputy | Winfield | ||
| Cowley Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Ryan Ware | Deputy | Winfield | Dexter | |
| Dodge City Police Dept. | Orlando Villasenor | Officer | Dodge City | ||
| Douglas Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Sheila M. Meggison | Deputy | Lawrence | Baldwin | |
| Edwardsville Police Dept. | Jaime Horsager | Police Officer | Edwardsville | Lenexa | |
| Fort Hays State University Police Dept. | Brady Richards | Police Officer | Hays | ||
| Gardner Dept. of Public Safety | Jason D. Jennings | Public Safety Officer | Gardner | ||
| Geary Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Dustin Fisher | Deputy | Junction City | ||
| Geary Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Michael Rivera | Deputy | Junction City | ||
| Geary Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Christopher D. Ross | Deputy | Junction City | ||
| Goodland Police Dept. | John Bowman | Police Officer | Goodland | ||
| Gove Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Christopher McDonald | Deputy | Gove | Quinter | |
| Hays Police Dept. | Joshua Burkholder | Patrolman | Hays | ||
| Hodgeman Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Bobby Knowles | Deputy | Jetmore | ||
| Hugoton Police Dept. | Patrick Queen | Patrolman | Hugoton | ||
| Hutchinson Police Dept. | Brian Law | Officer | Hutchinson | ||
| Independence Police Dept. | Todd Olson | Patrolman I | Independence | ||
| Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Karen L. Becker | Deputy | Olathe | Overland Park | |
| Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | James Browning | Deputy | Gardner | Edgerton | |
| Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Brent Burton | Deputy | Gardner | ||
| Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Thomas E. Gresham | Deputy | Olathe | Lenexa | |
| Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Todd Shapiro | Deputy | Gardner | Olathe | |
| Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Cory Smith | Deputy | Gardner | Kansas City, KS | |
| Junction City Police Dept. | Jason Mortimer | Officer | Junction City | ||
| Junction City Police Dept. | Shawn Weeks | Patrol Officer | Junction City | Manhattan | |
| KS Dept. of Wildlife & Parks | Todd Robinson | Natural Resource Officer I | Lakin | ||
| KS State Univ. Police Dept. | Russell P. D'Andrea | Officer | Manhattan | Junction City | |
| KU Med Center Police Dept. | Matthew Boggs | Police Officer | Kansas City | Roeland Park | |
| KU Med Center Police Dept. | Steven R. Wechsler | Police Officer | Kansas City | ||
| KU Police Dept. | James E. Ward Jr. | Police Officer | Kansas City | ||
| Leavenworth Police Dept. | Matthew Nickel | Police Officer | Leavenworth | ||
| Marysville Police Dept. | David L. Ohlde | Officer I | Marysville | Linn | |
| Neosho Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Jared R. Ray | Deputy | Erie | Chanute | |
| Newton Police Dept. | Jeff Davis | Patrolman | Newton | ||
| Norton Police Dept. | Asa W. Stiles | Officer | |||
| Osborne Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Geoffery Sloggett | Deputy | Osborne | ||
| Ottawa Police Dept. | Anthony Hurtado | Community Service Officer | Ottawa | ||
| Ottawa Police Dept. | Jason M. Klepac | Patrolman | Ottawa | ||
| Paola Police Dept. | Zachary D. Smith | Patrolman | Paola | ||
| Pittsburg Police Dept. | Joseph Noga | Officer | Pittsburg | ||
| Pottawatomie Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Jarrod S. Wood | Deputy | Westmoreland | Manhattan | |
| Quinter Police Dept. | Aaron Bridges | Marshal | Quinter | ||
| Reno Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Clayton Beaird | Deputy | Hutchinson | ||
| Reno Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Jonathon C. Grillot | Deputy | Hutchinson | ||
| Riley Co. Police Dept. | Raymond C. Fahrny | Police Officer | Manhattan | ||
| Riley Co. Police Dept. | Joshua Mayer | Patrol Officer | Manhattan | ||
| Seward Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Fred Small | Deputy | Liberal | ||
| Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Emily Adams | Deputy | Topeka | Auburn | |
| Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Reanne Pfannenstiel | Deputy | Topeka | ||
| Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Dept. | Caitlin St. Clair | Deputy | Topeka | ||
| St. Francis Police Dept. | Derek J. Morrow | Officer | St. Francis | ||
| Valley Center Police Dept. | Michael Gordon | Police Officer I | Valley Center | ||
| Washburn University | Matthew Haefner | Police Officer | Topeka | ||
| Winfield Police Dept. | Ryan Walker | Patrol Officer | Winfield |
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