Lyon County Sheriff's Spring Training

2024 Spring Training Information

Since 2006, Lyon County Sheriff's Office has held a 3-day training covering a variety of law enforcement topics. This training provides an opportunity for law enforcement to get up to 25 hours of high-quality training. This training brings in up to 200 of Kansas' finest law enforcement officers to stay trained in all aspects of law enforcement.

2024 Conference

Date: April 9-11, 2024

Location: Anderson Building - Lyon County Fairgrounds

Attendee Information

• Up to 25 hours of continuing education.
• You are responsible for reporting the hours you attend to CPOST.
• Cost: $75 a person.
• Doors open 30 - 45 minutes prior to class beginning.
• Lots of door prizes including a gun and some T.V.s

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday lunch
• Tuesday evening Steak Fry (Grill your own steak with all the fixings, beer provided)
• Thursday Morning biscuits and gravy

• Bring a challenge coin
• Receive an exchange ticket
• At the end of the training, we will draw at random.
• Everyone who brought a coin goes home with a different one.

Agenda

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 0800 – 1700 
Registration Starts 0700 

• 0800 - 0830 Honor Guard and Announcements- Emporia Police Department Honor Guard  0830 - 1200 Carr Brothers Case Review- Detective Tim Relph, Wichita PD  
• 1200 - 1300 Lunch- Catered on site 
• 1300 - 1500 MOCIC/ RISS, Opioids Investigation- Mike Utz and Brian Karman, MOCIC Law Enforcement Coordinators  1500 - 1700 Racial Bias in Law Enforcement and Leadership- Sheriff Tommie Johnson III- Oklahoma County, Oklahoma  1730 - 2100 Sheriff’s Steak Fry following training – Grill’s hot from 1730-2000 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 0800-1700 
Registration Starts 0700 

• 0800 - 1000 Human Trafficking Investigations- Lt. Dax Lewis, Kansas Highway Patrol. 
• 1000 - 1200 Legal Updates, Colin Wood – KBI- Retired 
• 1200 - 1300 Lunch- catered on site 
• 1300 - 1500 Financial Crimes Investigations- Investigator Dennis Reaser, Johnson County District Attorney Office 1500 - 1700 Traffic Incident Management- Daniel Kiser, Kansas Department of Transportation Law Enforcement Liaison.  

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 0800 – 1700 
Registration Starts 0700 

• 0700 - 0800 Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast 
• 0800 - 1200 Mental Health and PTSD in Law Enforcement- Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb, Cattaraugus, New York  1200 - 1300 Lunch- Catered on site 
• 1300 - 1700 Railroad Investigations- Captain Matt Vogt, Valley Center Police Department  

Regristration

For more information and to register, visit Spring Training Conference - Lyon County Sheriff's Office (lyoncountyso.com)

Questions may be directed to Detective Eric Williams at ewilliams@lyoncounty.org