Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces November graduates


YODER – Fifty-seven new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Barry Grissom, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Nov. 14.

The new officers were members of the 231st 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 Continuing Education.

The graduates, who began their training Aug. 11, represented 40 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 county.

Barton County

Hoisington Police Department; Ryan Conley; patrol officer; Hoisington

 

Bourbon County

Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department; Kevin Davidson; deputy; Fort Scott

 

Brown County

Brown County Sheriff’s Department; Chuck Lowe; deputy; Hiawatha

 

Butler County

Butler County Sheriff’s Office; Thomas Akers; deputy; El Dorado

Butler County Sheriff’s Office; Kyle Gibson; deputy; El Dorado

Butler County Sheriff’s Office; Stephen Silvernale; deputy; El Dorado

Butler County Sheriff’s Office; Toby Stewart; deputy; El Dorado

 

Cherokee County

Weir Police Department; Calvin Duggan; chief; Weir

 

Cowley County

Cowley County Sheriff’s Department; Amanda Hopper; deputy; Winfield

 

Crawford County

Frontenac Police Department; Clinton Cheney; patrol officer; Frontenac

 

Dickinson County

Abilene Police Department; Braden Long; patrol officer; Abilene; Dickinson County

 

Ellis County

Hays Police Department; Stefan Gildemeister; patrol officer; Hays

 

Ellsworth County

Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Department; Marvin Roque; deputy; Ellsworth

 

Finney County

Garden City Police Department; Seth Kerstetter; patrol officer; Garden City

Garden City Police Department; Kimberly Larkin; patrol officer; Garden City

Garden City Police Department; Christopher Seeman; patrol officer; Garden City

Garden City Police Department; Bart Smith; patrol officer; Garden City

 

Franklin County

Franklin County Sheriff’s Office; John Rawlston; deputy; Ottawa

 

Geary County

Junction City Police Department; Glenn Campbell; patrol officer; Junction City

Junction City Police Department; Ron Keys; patrol officer; Junction City

 

Grant County

Ulysses Police Department; Felecia Preston; patrol officer; Ulysses

 

Harper County

Anthony Police Department; Andrew Painter; patrol officer; Anthony

 

Labette County

Labette County Sheriff’s Department; Charles Brown; deputy; Oswego

 

Leavenworth County

Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office; Hunter Adams; deputy; Leavenworth

Lansing Police Department; Trevor Osen; patrol officer; Lansing

Leavenworth Police Department; Ezekiel Stevenson; patrol officer; Leavenworth

 

Miami County

Osawatomie Department of Public Safety; James Beaudry; patrol officer; Osawatomie

Miami County Sheriff’s Office; Shaun Whitesell; deputy; Paola

 

Montgomery County

Caney Police Department; Daniel Alden; patrol officer; Caney

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office; Willie Wilkinson; deputy; Independence

 

Pawnee County

Pawnee County Sheriff’s Department; Marc Perez; deputy; Larned

 

Phillips County

Phillips County Sheriff’s Department; Jacob Koppenhaver; deputy; Phillipsburg

 

Reno County

Hutchinson Police Department; Joshua Flynn; patrol officer; Hutchinson

Hutchinson Police Department; Grant Ingram; patrol officer; Hutchinson

Hutchinson Police Department; Anna Ruzhanovska; patrol officer; Hutchinson

Haven Police Department; Brian Salmans; patrol officer; Haven

Hutchinson Police Department; James Sanders; patrol officer; Hutchinson

 

Riley County

Riley County Police Department; Chandler Imhof; patrol officer; Manhattan

Riley County Police Department; Mark Murray; patrol officer; Manhattan

Riley County Police Department; Rachel Pate; patrol officer; Manhattan

 

Saline County

Salina Police Department; Adrienne Derusseau; patrol officer; Salina

 

Sedgwick County

Eastborough Police Department; Michael Erwin; patrol officer; Wichita

Eastborough Police Department; Alexis Hiser; patrol officer; Wichita

Wichita State University Police Department; Matthew Rose; patrol officer; Wichita

 

Seward County

Liberal Police Department; Isidro Moncayo; patrol officer; Liberal

Liberal Police Department; Sergio Zuniga; patrol officer; Liberal

 

Stevens County

Stevens County Sheriff’s Office; Adam Mauk; deputy; Hugoton

 

Sumner County

Mulvane Police Department; Jerome Carter; patrol officer; Mulvane

 

Thomas County

Thomas County Sheriff’s Office; Jake Cox; deputy; Colby

Colby Police Department; Daniel Grace; patrol officer; Colby

 

Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department; Billy Armstrong; deputy; Kansas City

Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department; Jonathon Bond; deputy; Kansas City

Kansas City Public Schools Police Department; Michael Green; patrol officer; Kansas City.

Fri, 12/12/2014

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Lisa Webster

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