KU News Release

24 police executives attend intensive training seminar at KU center

HUTCHINSON — Twenty-four Kansas law enforcement executives successfully completed the sixth annual Kansas Police Administrators Seminar, held July 27-Aug. 1 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.

Attendees:

Arkansas City Police Department - Lt. Timothy Burr
Arma Police Department - Chief Albert Combs
Beloit Police Department - Sgt. David Elam
Holcomb Police Department - Chief Gordon Smith
Inman Police Department - Chief Mike Akins
Iola Police Department - Lt. Eric Lawrence
KU Medical Center Police Department - Capt. Donald Holland
Lake Quivira Police Department - Deputy Chief David Freeman
Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office - Lt. Andrew Dedeke
Lenexa Police Department - Lt. Ricky Roth
Marion Police Department - Asst. Chief Chad Johanning
Marion Police Department - Chief Josh Whitwell
Merriam Police department - Capt. Timothy Burnett
Nickerson Police Department - Sgt. Michael Kelsey
North Newton Police Department -Asst. Chief William Koonce
Oxford Police Department - Chief Arthur Keffer
Parsons Police Department - Interim Deputy Chief Scott Gofourth
Sabetha Police Department - Chief Dennis Thompson
Saline County Sheriff’s Office - Lt. Alyssa LeClair
Spring Hill Police Department - Sgt. Brian Holmes
St. John Police Department - Sgt. Adam Sayler
Sterling Police Department - Chief Eddy Truelove
Topeka Police Department - Capt. Michael Haugen
Winfield Police Department - Lt. Frank Owens

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