Kansas Law Enforcement Center announces February graduates


YODER – Sixty-one new law enforcement officers were congratulated earlier this month by Ronald L. Miller, U.S. marshal for the district of Kansas, during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center.

The new officers were members of the 243rd basic training class at the center. Located one mile west and one mile south of Yoder, near Hutchinson, the center is a division of University of Kansas Professional & Continuing Education.

The graduates, who began their training Oct. 31, 2016, represented 45 municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas.

Graduates receive certificates of course completion from KLETC 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.

Established by the Kansas Legislature in 1968, 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 300 officers enroll annually in the 14-week basic training program. The center offered continuing education and specialized training to as many as 5,600 Kansas officers each 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.

 

Barton County

Barton County Sheriff's Office; Nicholas Katzenmeier; deputy; Great Bend

 

Brown County

Hiawatha Police Department; Dustin Winters; patrol officer; Hiawatha

 

Butler County

Butler County Sheriff's Office; Christopher With; deputy; El Dorado

 

Cheyenne County

St. Francis Police Department; Matthew Grogan; patrol officer; St. Francis

 

Clay County

Clay County Sheriff's Office; Keith Myers; deputy; Clay Center

 

Cowley County

Winfield Police Department; Bryce Carter; patrol officer; Winfield

Arkansas City Police Department; Phillip White; patrol officer; Arkansas City

 

Dickinson County

Herington Police Department; Andrew Reid; patrol officer; Herington

 


Finney County

Garden City Police Department; Justin Hawthorne; patrol officer; Garden City

 

Ford County

Dodge City Police Department; Corey Blanchett; patrol officer; Dodge City

Dodge City Police Department; Gerald Boron; patrol officer; Dodge City

 

Geary County

Geary County Sheriff's Department; Ruben Marichal; deputy; Junction City

 

Grant County

Grant County Sheriff's Department; Colby Florence; deputy; Ulysses

 

Jefferson County

Valley Falls Police Department; Travis Courter; patrol officer; Valley Falls

 

Labette County

Parsons Police Department; Steven Shields; patrol officer; Parsons

Parsons Police Department; Stewart Shirk; patrol officer; Parsons

 

Leavenworth County

Leavenworth Police Department; Jacqueline Cormier; patrol officer;

Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office; Gregory List; deputy; Leavenworth

 

Linn County

La Cygne Police Department; Michael Miles; patrol officer; La Cygne

 

Lyon County

Emporia Police Department; Bradley Logsdon; patrol officer; Emporia

 

McPherson County

McPherson Police Department; Trea Lott; patrol officer; McPherson

McPherson Police Department; Tyler Watts; patrol officer; McPherson

 

Neosho County

Chanute Police Department; Marcus Jones; patrol officer; Chanute

 

Ness County

Ness County Sheriff's Department; Cole Stoecklein; deputy; Ness City

 

Osborne County

Osborne County Sheriff's Department; Darren Stokes; deputy; Osborne

 

Pottawatomie County

Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office; Joseph Plankinton; deputy; Westmoreland

 

Pratt County

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism; Philip Gould; park ranger; Pratt

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism; Matthew Schmidt; game warden; Pratt

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism; Derrick Slutts; natural resource officer I; Pratt

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, & Tourism; Jacob Spear; natural resource officer; Pratt

 

Reno County

Reno County Sheriff's Office; Dawn Harris; deputy; Hutchinson

Hutchinson Police Department; Quintin McGehee; patrol officer; Hutchinson

Hutchinson Police Department; John Mies; patrol officer; Hutchinson

Hutchinson Police Department; Marcus Schneider; patrol officer; Hutchinson

 

Riley County

Riley County Police Department; Ian Ford; patrol officer; Manhattan

Riley County Police Department; Jake Shailer; patrol officer; Manhattan

Riley County Police Department; Jonathan Shepard; patrol officer; Manhattan

Riley County Police Department; Brian Zachary; police officer; Manhattan

 

Rooks County

Plainville Police Department; Nicholas Woodruff; patrol officer; Plainville

 

Russell County

Russell Police Department; Derek Hyde; patrol officer; Russell

 

Saline County

Salina Police Department; Charles Boudreaux; patrol officer; Salina

Salina Police Department; Alvin-Patrick Loreto; police Officer; Salina


Sedgwick County

Valley Center Police Department; Rasheed Berry; patrol officer; Valley Center

Derby Police Department; Todd McCardel; police officer; Derby

Park City Police Department; Tracey Prideaux; patrol officer; Park City, Wichita State University Police Department

Efrain Rueda; patrol officer; Wichita

Wichita State University Police Department; Grant Seiler; patrol officer; Wichita

 

Seward County

Liberal Police Department; Thomas Benson; patrol officer; Liberal

 

Shawnee County

Topeka Public Schools Police Department; Jonathan Dailey; police officer; Topeka

 

Sheridan County

Sheridan County Sheriff's Department; Adam Babcock; deputy; Hoxie

 

Sherman County

Sherman County Sheriff's Office; Carol Mellott; deputy; Goodland

 

Thomas County

Thomas County Sheriff's Office; Caleb Carter; deputy; Colby

 

Wyandotte County

University of Kansas Medical Center Police Department; Octavio Arias; patrol officer; Kansas City

University of Kansas Medical Center Police Department; Abiodun Black; patrol officer; Kansas City

University of Kansas Medical Center Police Department; Blake Eklund; patrol officer; Kansas City

University of Kansas Medical Center Police Department; Hannah McCullen; patrol officer; Kansas City.

Fri, 02/24/2017

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Lisa Webster

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