Local residents among new Kan. Law Enforcement Training Center graduates

YODER, Kan – University of Kansas Public Management Center Director Charles Jones congratulated 57 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) earlier this month. 

 

The new officers were members of the 228th basic training class at the center. Located one mile west and one mile south of Yoder, near Hutchinson, the center is a division of KU Continuing Education. 

 

The graduates, who began their training Jan. 27, represented 44 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 and agency. 

 

 

Atchison

• Atchison County Sheriff’s Department; Tucker Stone; deputy; Atchison

Bourbon

• Fort Scott Police Department; Justin Fisher; patrol officer; Fort Scott

Butler

• Augusta Department of Safety; Daniel Carter; patrol officer; Augusta
• Augusta Department of Safety; Travis Tombaugh; patrol officer; Augusta
• El Dorado Police Department; Edgar Aldrine; patrol officer; El Dorado
• Butler County Sheriff’s Office; Dillon Ryan; deputy; El Dorado

Coffey

• Coffey County Sheriff’s Office; Zackary Rogers; deputy; Burlington

Cowley

• Arkansas City Police Department; Dustin Lynn; patrol officer; Arkansas City 
• Cowley County Sheriff’s Department; Ann Hale; deputy; Winfield

Crawford

• Pittsburg Police Department; Tiffni Chapman; patrol officer; Pittsburg
• Pittsburg Police Department; Alexander Henry; patrol officer; Pittsburg 
• Pittsburg Police Department; Hunter Peterson; patrol officer; Pittsburg 

Douglas

• Eudora Police Department; Justin Trowbridge; patrol officer; Eudora 

Ellis

• Hays Police Department; Evan Cronn; patrol officer; Hays
• Hays Police Department; Charles Leake; patrol officer; Hays
• Hays Police Department; Zachary Muckenthaler; patrol officer; Hays

Harvey

• Harvey County Sheriff’s Department; Matthew Stovall; deputy; Newton

Johnson

• Gardner Police Department; Jeffrey Clarkson; patrol officer; Gardner

Leavenworth

• Leavenworth Police Department; Christopher Horns; patrol officer; Leavenworth
• Leavenworth Police Department; Matthew O’Brien; patrol officer; Leavenworth
• Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office; Michael Scully; deputy; Leavenworth

Linn

• Mound City Police Department; Michael Huggins; patrol officer; Mound City 

Logan

• Oakley Police Department; Ryan Leitner; patrol officer; Oakley
• Logan County Sheriff’s Department; Dustin Little; deputy; Oakley

Lyon

• Emporia Police Department; Jason Williams; patrol officer; Emporia

Neosho

• Neosho County Sheriff’s Department; Andrea Umbarger; deputy; Erie

Pawnee

• Larned Police Department; Antonio Hearn; patrol officer; Larned

Phillips

• Phillips County Sheriff’s Department; Lee Vogel; deputy; Phillipsburg

Pratt

• Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism; Daniel Howard; Natural Resource Officer; Pratt

Rawlins

• Atwood Police Department; Tyler Knapp; patrol officer; Atwood 

Reno

• Reno County Sheriff’s Office; David Radke; deputy; Hutchinson
• South Hutchinson Police Department; Matthew Gabrielson; patrol officer; South Hutchinson

Rice

• Lyons Police Department; Max Bryant; patrol officer; Lyons

Riley

• Riley County Police Department; Jeffery Childs; patrol officer; Manhattan

Saline

• Salina Police Department; Megan Hokett; patrol officer; Salina 
• Salina Police Department; Devin Knox; patrol officer; Salina 

Sedgwick

• Derby Police Department; Chad Ditch; patrol officer; Derby

Seward

• Liberal Police Department; Nancy Baez; patrol officer; Liberal
• Liberal Police Department; Chandler Brockett; patrol officer; Liberal

Shawnee

• MTAA Police & Fire Department; Brock Sheern; patrol officer; Topeka

Sheridan

• Sheridan County Sheriff’s Department; Amy Streit; deputy; Hoxie

Stafford

• Stafford Police Department; Toni Clark; patrol officer; Stafford

Stanton

• Stanton County Sheriff’s Department; Clayton Kester; deputy; Johnson

Wyandotte 

• Edwardsville Police Department; Jacob Bell; patrol officer; Edwardsville
• Kansas City Public Schools Police Department; Darrell Thomas; patrol officer; Kansas City
• Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department; Michael Kroening; deputy; Kansas City
• Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department; Ernesto Terrazas; deputy; Kansas City.