KU News Release

Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces June 19 graduates

HUTCHINSON — Shawnee County Sheriff Richard Barta congratulated 49 graduates of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center at a June 19 ceremony at the 4-H Encampment Building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.

The graduates, who began their training March 16, represented 37 municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas. They were the 202nd basic training class of graduates.

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.

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 center trains the majority of municipal, county and state law enforcement officers in Kansas and oversees the training of the remaining officers at seven authorized and certified academy programs operated by local law enforcement agencies and the Kansas Highway Patrol.

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.

Graduates who granted permission to release their names are listed below by agency, rank and hometown (if different than agency location).

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