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54 graduate from KU’s Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center
HUTCHINSON — Wellington Chief of Police Mike Keller congratulated 54 graduates of Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center at a Sept. 8 ceremony in the Grand Prairie Hotel and Convention Center in Hutchinson.
The graduates, who began their training course May 30, represented 39 municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas. They were the 187th basic training class of graduates.
Graduates receive certificates of course completion and Kansas law enforcement certification from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training, the state’s law enforcement licensing authority. 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.
The training center is a unit of University of Kansas 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.
The center trains the majority of municipal, county and state law enforcement officers in Kansas and 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, the center maintains the state’s Central Registry, which monitors the employment and training histories of all Kansas law enforcement officers.
About 350 officers enroll annually in the 14-week basic training program. The center 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 are listed below by agency and county.
| Name | Rank | Dept/Agency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus John Dunkin | Officer | Andover Police Dept. | ||||
| Richard Ritter | Officer | Augusta Dept. of Safety | ||||
| Julie Sallman | Deputy | Cloud Co. Sheriff's Dept., Concordia | ||||
| Brant Bear | Patrolman | Colby Police Dept. | ||||
| James L. Belden | Patrolman | Concordia Police Dept. | ||||
| Mark Carter | Officer | Conway Springs Police Dept. | ||||
| Kurt Grotheer | Deputy | Crawford Co. Sheriff's Dept., Girard | ||||
| Kalen E. Robison | Deputy | Dickinson Co. Sheriff's Dept., Abilene | ||||
| Fred Simmons | Officer | Dodge City Police Dept. | ||||
| Thomas J. Newman | Officer | Fort Scott Police Dept. | ||||
| Anthony Ricks | Deputy | Geary Co. Sheriff's Dept., Junction City | ||||
| Emil Halfhill | Patrolman | Great Bend Police Dept. | ||||
| Mike Freeman | Harper Co. Sheriff's Dept., Anthony | |||||
| Benjamin M. Cathey | Officer | Herington Police Dept. | ||||
| Robert E. Wylie | Officer | Hutchinson Police Dept. | ||||
| Derek C. McVey | Officer | Iola Police Dept. | ||||
| Bryson G. Wheeler | Deputy | Jackson County Sheriff's Dept. | ||||
| Ian Hobbs | Deputy | Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept. | ||||
| Kory Casselman | Deputy | Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept., New Century" | ||||
| Patrick C. Louisa | Deputy | Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept., New Century" | ||||
| Aaron S. Thomas | Deputy | Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept., New Century" | ||||
| Mark Thompson | Deputy | Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept., New Century" | ||||
| Michael G. Fisher | Deputy | Johnson Co. Sheriff's Dept., Olathe" | ||||
| David M. Gilbert | Officer | Junction City Police Dept. | ||||
| Jeffrey W. Miller | Officer | Junction City Police Dept. | ||||
| Jessica Brooks | Officer | Kansas State Univ. Police Dept. | ||||
| Ryan Good | Asst. Mgr. Elk City Wildife Area | KS Dept. of Wildlife & Parks, Independence" | ||||
| Philip J. Mathis | Officer | KU Police Dept., Kansas City, Kan." | ||||
| Brian J. Eckstein | Deputy | Leavenworth Co. Sheriff's Dept., Leavenworth" | ||||
| Jeffrey Cakin | Officer | Leavenworth Police Dept. | ||||
| Joshua Highfill | Officer | Olathe Police Dept. | ||||
| Calie M. Smith | Officer | Olathe Police Dept. | ||||
| Larry Phillips | Patrolman | Osage City Police Dept. | ||||
| Matthew Boyd | Officer | Ottawa Police Dept. | ||||
| Jayson Wiscombe | Officer | Ottawa Police Dept. | ||||
| Matt Nading | PSO | Parsons Police Dept. | ||||
| Travis Wilson | Officer | Peabody Police Dept. | ||||
| David E. VanBecelaere | Patrolman | Pittsburg State University Police Dept. | ||||
| Laurie A. Kastens | Deputy | Rawlins Co. Sheriff's Dept., Atwood" | ||||
| Shawn P. McClay | Deputy | Reno County Sheriff's Dept., Hutchinson " | ||||
| Shawn E. McHaley | Deputy | Reno County Sheriff's Dept., Hutchinson " | ||||
| Robert Dierks | Riley County Police Dept., Manhattan" | |||||
| Melissa Tharp | Officer | Rose Hill Police Dept. | ||||
| Graham Collins | Deputy | Russell Co. Sheriff's Dept., Russell " | ||||
| Kendra M. Guhr | Officer | Salina Police Dept. | ||||
| Danielle Lemon | Officer | Salina Police Dept. | ||||
| Eric Appel | Deputy | Saline Co. Sheriff's Dept., Salina" | ||||
| Shayna Johnson | Deputy | Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Dept. | ||||
| Jess Foster | Deputy | Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Dept., Topeka" | ||||
| David Jiguere | Patrolman | St. Marys Police Dept. | ||||
| Danny Ruff | Officer | Tonganoxie Police Dept. | ||||
| Eric M. Reed | Chief | Walton Police Dept. |
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