KU News Release

22 police executives attend intensive training seminar

HUTCHINSON — Twenty-two Kansas law enforcement executives successfully completed the sixth annual Kansas Police Administrators Seminar, held June 1-8 at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center near Hutchinson.

The seminar is a joint project of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, a unit of University of Kansas Continuing Education, and the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police.

The intensive training included sessions on advanced community policing and problem solving; strategic planning; budgeting; organizational leadership; internal investigations; leading an ethical organization; background investigations; employee performance evaluations; disciplinary issues; use of force policy; and media relations.

More information about the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center and the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police is available online.

Attendees:

Arkansas City Police Department - Capt. Tommy Scott
Burrton Police Department - Chief Michael Robinson
El Dorado Police Department - Capt. Timothy Baker
Fairway Police Department - Lt. James Thurlo
Hays Police Department - Assistant Chief Philip Hartsfield
Herington Police Department - Chief John Pritchard
Holton Police Department - Capt. Gale Gakle
Hoxie Police Department - Chief Brian Diercks
Kansas State University Police Department - Capt. Donald Stubbings
Leavenworth Police Department - Lt. Daniel Nicodemus
Mission Police Department - Capt. Benjamin Hadley
Peabody Police Department - Chief Bruce Burke
Reno County Sheriffs Department - Capt. Wayne Baughman
Sac &Fox Tribal Police Department - Chief Charles DiGiacomo
Seneca Police Department - Chief Brent Schulte
Spring Hill Police Department - Sgt. Kennith Lajiness
Tonganoxie Police Department - Lt. Jose Hernandez
Valley Center Police Department - Chief Mark Hephner
Victoria Police Department - Chief Don Pruitt
Wellington Police Department - Lt. Tracy Heath
Wellsville Police Department - Chief Steven Gillespie
Wichita State University Police Department - Capt. Cecil Hashenberger

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