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• Cryptocurrency for Patrol Officers

  • When
    01/22/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Overbrook Community Center 317 Maple St., Overbrook, KS 66524

  Cryptocurrency for Patrol Officers

  When:  Wednesday, January 22nd from 8 AM-12 PM

  Where:  Overbrook Community Center, 317 Maple St., Overbrook, KS 66524

  The Overbrook Police Department will host Cryptocurrency for Patrol Officers on January 22nd, 2025. This class is free for all law enforcement personnel. It will be taught by Agent Thomas Alber from the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission and will instruct officers to properly identify and investigate cryptocurrency scams.

  Cost:  Free
  *Meal provided by Overbrook Police Department

  REGISTER:  Call (785) 215-4627 or email policechiefcarlson442@overbrookks.com

  
  

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• Modern Auto Theft: Trends, Impact & Illusions “A New Era of Auto Theft is Upon Us”

  • When
    01/23/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Registration: https://homefrontprotect.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=636&EBType=R&RefID=

  Cost: $95.00

  Vehicle Theft and Auto Fraud trends must be current to law enforcement and Insurance Fraud Investigators to mitigate impact. Impact to communities and companies can be severe if not addressed. This session covers a broad range of topics related to vehicle theft and auto fraud trends while focusing on providing the attendees with awareness and tools to enhance their investigations. The course will raise awareness of the current trends seen and how AI and technology are playing a larger role in auto theft and vehicle fraud nationally. This course will be packed with investigative considerations for the various types of auto theft and vehicle fraud as well as recommendations on which database tools and investigative support can be used to join the collective fight against these crimes.

  Course Topics Include: • Auto Theft Trends • Auto Theft Impact to Communities • Auto Theft Impact to Insurance Carriers • Organized Auto Crime Overview-Chop Shops and Insurance Fraud • Investigative Tools to Combat Auto Theft & Vehicle Fraud • Keyless Auto Thefts • Infotainment vs. Telematics • Technology and Modern Auto Theft Investigations • Database Tips for Vehicle Crime Investigations • VIN Verification Tips and Tools
  

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• Maximizing Your Knowledge and Use of MOCIC Resources ~ MOCIC Updates

  • When
    01/23/2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Ellis County Emergency Services Building Training Room 1105 E 22nd St Hays, KS

  Register

  KPOA District 4 Training Opportunity

  

  Maximizing Your Knowledge and Use of MOCIC Resources ~ MOCIC Updates

  January 23, 2025, from 1:00 - 5:00 PM
  Ellis County Emergency Services Building Training Room
  1105 E 22nd St, Hays, KS

  COST IS FREE TO KPOA MEMBERS.
  $30.00 for Non-Members which includes membership with the KPOA.

  *** If you have a department issued laptop or tablet, please bring it so you may learn hands on how to navigate through some of the MOCIC programs. ***

  This class will cover the overall benefits of MOCIC and the equipment available to agencies.

  Law enforcement officers that do not have an account and their agencies are members can create an account at no additional cost by going to https://register.riss.net

  Agencies that are not members of MOCIC, are encouraged to attend to learn about the valuable resources MOCIC can provide.

  About MOCIC: The mission of the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program is to assist local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice partners by providing adaptive solutions and services that facilitate information sharing, support criminal investigations, and promote officer safety. RISS has been supporting the law enforcement and criminal justice communities for 50 years.

  RISS is composed of six regional centers and the RISS Technology Support Center (RTSC). RISS works regionally and on a nationwide basis to respond to the unique crime problems of each region while strengthening the country’s information sharing environment. More than 9,900 local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement and public safety agencies are members of RISS. RISS is used and trusted by hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers and criminal justice professionals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, England, New Zealand, and parts of Canada.

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• Drug Unit Supervisor: Strategies for Managing Narcotics Units, Personnel, & Operations

  • When
    01/28/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Registration: https://homefrontprotect.com/DrugBoss012825

  Cost: $95.00

  It is critical to equip any drug unit supervisor, team leader, and commander with a strong foundation of strategies and knowledge to minimize liability, protect officers, protect command staff, ensure the efficiency and integrity of operations, and protect the community. This course will instruct the methodology for choosing the best personnel, developing sound policies, creating effective procedures, and using successful leadership tactics when managing a drug unit. Drug unit supervision is the overall focus of the lessons provided in this training course.

  Course Topics Include:

  • The Drug Unit and the Drug Unit Supervisor
  • Identifying and Choosing the right personnel
  • What a Drug Unit supervisor needs to know
  • Supervising detectives and their use of informants
  • The importance of the Officer/Unit Partnerships with Prosecutors
  • Managing the unit’s funding, finances, and payments
  • Methods of Corrective Management and Discipline
  • Supervisory Strategies for Safe and Effective Undercover Operations
  • Planning Tactical Operations
  • Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Mistakes
  • Officer Safety and the Drug Unit Supervisor

  Who should attend:

  Detectives, Investigators, Officers, Criminal Investigators, Professional Investigators, Narcotics Investigators, Gang Officers, Undercover Officers, Probation & Parole, SROs, Corrections, Military (SF, MI, Criminal Analysts, Security Forces, MPs)

  
  

  
  

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• Physical Surveillance Tactics Foundational Strategies and Techniques of Physical Surveillance Operations

  • When
    01/30/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Registration: https://homefrontprotect.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=639&EBType=R&RefID=

  Cost: $95.00

  Physical Surveillance Operations can be a highly useful investigative tool to gather intelligence and evidence in a wide variety of criminal investigations. It is critical to equip investigators and specialized units a strong foundation and understanding of physical surveillance tactics to ensure safe and effective surveillance operations. This course will instruct the methodology for basic surveillance procedures, vehicle vulnerabilities, identifying and avoiding mistakes, and additional information to provide a strong foundation and understanding for future successful investigations utilizing physical surveillance.

  This training program will cover the following topics:

  • Definition of Surveillance
  • Types of Investigations for Surveillance
  • Environmental Settings of Surveillance
  • Surveillance Terms and Phrases
  • Vehicle Selection Types
  • Cover for Action and Go Bags/Props
  • Vehicle Surveillance Vulnerabilities and Giveaways
  • Going Mobile, Basic Principles of Setting Up
  • Lost Contact Procedures
  • Common Mistakes to Avoid
  • Officer safety during surveillance operations

  Who should attend:

  Detectives, Investigators, Officers, Criminal Investigators, Professional Investigators, Narcotics Investigators, Gang Officers, Undercover Officers, Probation & Parole, SROs, Corrections, Military (SF, MI, Criminal Analysts, Security Forces, MPs)

  
  

  
  

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• Criminal Justice Ethics Ethical Decision-Making for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

  • When
    01/31/2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  Registration: https://homefrontprotect.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=653&EBType=R&RefID=

  Cost: $95.00

  This course explores the principles and challenges of ethical decision-making for law enforcement and correctional professionals. Participants will examine the moral and ethical dilemmas law enforcement and corrections face while navigating the complex interplay between justice, fairness, and public safety. Key topics include ethical theory, the types of liability faced in public and correctional institutions, professional codes of conduct, discretion in decision-making, the duty to intervene, barriers to intervention, and strategies for resolving ethical conflicts. This course will also examine case studies to help participants refine their critical thinking skills and learn to apply ethical frameworks to real-world and sometimes dangerous challenges officers face.

  This training program will cover the following topics:

  • Define and discuss liability, ethics, and the duty to intervene.
  • Identify ethical issues related to correctional officers and law enforcement.
  • Navigating the ethical “grey areas” that all officers deal with.
  • Ensure that our Code of Conduct is adhered to, for our own protection.
  • Knowing the difference between what is right for the organization and what is right only for personal gain.
  • Identifying and avoiding unhealthy Group-Thinking.
  • Define and know how to use ethical discretion in decision making.
  • Learning to listen to that “gut feeling” that tells us something is wrong.
  • “We are all in this together;” knowing when to tap yourself or another officer out for a break.
  • Learning how to rely on your resources; supervisors, fellow staff, policies, and procedures.

  Who should attend:

  This course is ideal for Police Officers, Detectives, Sheriff’s Deputies and Jail Deputies, Corrections Officers, Corrections Investigators, Juvenile Detention Officers, Federal Agents, SIU Investigators, and other Law Enforcement and Public Safety Personnel.

  
  

  
  

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• Strangulation: A Hidden Danger

  • When
    02/04/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Parsons KLETC Regional Site, 2103 Corning Ave, Parsons KS 67357

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25047F&courseId=STR&categoryId=24C3A3E0

  Course Description: 

  This 4 hour course focuses on strangulation and how strangulation can be the precursor of a possible homicide. The attendees will become familiar with signs, symptoms, and terminologies of strangulation and how to use lethality assessments to help victims understand the lethal situation they might be facing with a strangler. The dangers of minimization during a strangulation investigation with an emphasis on the crime scene and interview. A trauma informed approach to interviewing victims will also be introduced with an understanding of trauma and the brain. 

  Core Competencies:

  • Participants providing service to domestic violence and/or sexual assault victims will recognize and understand strangulation.
  • Participants will gain knowledge on effective approaches and interview skills to enhance response, investigations and prosecutions.

  Course Objectives:

  • Understand the correlation between strangulation and homicide.
  • Identify signs, symptoms and terminologies of strangulation.
  • Understand how to use the lethality assessment to assist victims possibly at risk.
  • Understand the danger of minimizing a strangulation investigation.
  • Understand what the trauma of strangulation does to the brain.

  Who Should Attend: 

  • Law Enforcement Officers - regardless of rank or assignment 
  • Prosecutors 
  • Victim Advocates 
  • Forensic Lab Personnel 

  
  

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• Edged Weapon Response

  • When
    02/13/2025
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    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Johnson County Regional Police Academy, 12345 College Blvd PA103, Overland Park, KS 66210

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25202&courseId=EWR&categoryId=88FF8778

  This course is designed to equip law enforcement officers with essential skills to recognize, manage, and respond effectively to potential threats involving edged weapons. Participants will gain critical insights into identifying the signs of a potential edged weapon assault and learn techniques to respond appropriately if attacked.

  Key components of the training include:

  Distance Management and Threat Assessment: Understanding how to maintain safe space upon initial contact and evaluate potential threats.

  Close-Quarter Defense Techniques: Developing the ability to respond effectively to knife assaults in close-range encounters, both standing and on the ground.

  Participants will focus on mastering the following core skills:

  1. Weapon Avoidance: Identifying potential threats and utilizing effective distance management strategies to prevent attacks.

  2. Weapon Control: Applying techniques to mitigate and neutralize the threat when confronted with an edged weapon.

  3. Disengagement and Transition: Executing safe disengagement and transitioning to primary weapon systems when necessary.

  This comprehensive training prepares officers for real-world scenarios, enhancing their safety and effectiveness in high-risk situations.

  Students need to bring their duty belt and a training gun. If a training gun is not available, a limited number will be provided. Please contact Amy Osburn at arosburn@kletc.org if a gun is needed or if there are additional questions.

  Students should wear DT clothing or t-shirts and cargo pants.

  
  

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• Asset Forfeiture

  • When
    02/14/2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    4-H Building at Kelley Park, 605 3rd St, Burlington, KS 66839

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25198F&courseId=AF&categoryId=10023

  Asset forfeiture is a law enforcement tool that is designed to recover real and personal property that has been gained from or used in crime. Forfeiture laws are some of the oldest laws in the United States. Although the Kansas Legislature has of late amended some of the processes making the government's efforts more difficult, forfeiture law remains a very effective means to combat certain criminal activity.

  This basic course reviews the public policies, statutory process, constitutional use, and the practical administrative decision-making necessary in civil forfeiture investigations. It will also examine the different types of state and federal forfeiture, protections for property owners, and the recognized defenses to forfeiture.

  
  

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• Technology in Tactical Operations

  • Start
    02/17/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    02/18/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Johnson County Sheriff's Office Training Center, 18505 W. 119th, Olathe, KS 66061

  This two-day course will provide hands on instruction deploying technology to include robotics, throw phones, listening devices, MESH networks, camera systems and computer applications in hostile environments. Students will learn how to deploy and work behind technology in a safe manner. Students will also learn how technology can improve tempo and situational awareness, and the importance of selecting the proper equipment.
  

  COST: $427

  REGISTRATION LINK: https://public.ntoa.org/default.asp?action=viewcourse&courseid=20250590

  
  

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• Instructor Development

  • Start
    02/24/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    02/27/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    KLETC, 11009 S. Hornet, Hutchinson, KS 67501

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25195F&courseId=INSTDEV&categoryId=10028

  The Instructor Development School is designed to enhance the teaching skills of law enforcement instructors. The course material is intended for those law enforcement officers actively engaged in teaching law enforcement officers. Academy instructors who have not previously attended an instructor development course are encouraged to attend. This 32-hour course includes attendees making in-class presentations (a 3-minute presentation on the first day, and an 10-15 minute presentation on the last day). Some pre-class and out-of-class work is required.

  Course topics include how to:

  Develop Curriculum

  Develop Learning Objectives

  Develop Lesson Plans

  Understand Legal Issues in Law Enforcement Training

  Principles of Adult Learning

  Instructional Methodologies

  Presentation Skills

  Learner Centered Learning

  Critical Thinking

  Classroom Management

  Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop/tablet computer for use in class. All course materials will be provided. This course will be repeated. Preference for enrollment in this class will be given to those officers selected for Firearms Instructor Certification School.

  
  

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• Sovereign Citizens Unmasked: A Guide for Officers

  • When
    02/25/2025
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    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Olathe Health Education Building, 21201 W 152nd St, Olathe, KS 66061

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25163F&courseId=SCU&categoryId=10023

  This training session aims to equip law enforcement officers with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively understand and engage with individuals who identify as sovereign citizens. Given the unique challenges posed by this group, the course will cover their beliefs, behaviors, and legal misconceptions, along with best practices for safely and professionally handling interactions.
  

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• From Data to Decisions: The Basics of Law Enforcement Intelligence

  • When
    02/25/2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Olathe Health Education Center, 21201 W 152nd St, Olathe, KS 66061

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25164F&courseId=FDD&categoryId=10023

  This 4-hour training will cover how information is compiled, analyzed, and/or disseminated to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity. The different forms of intelligence will be covered, how to obtain the information, and finally what to do with it.

  Core Competencies:

  • Participants will employ best practices as they investigate any crime from its beginning to its eventual disposition, either as an individual or as part of an investigatory team.

  Course Objectives:

  • Determine what is Criminal Intelligence, How to Get it, and What to do with it

  • Learn about the history and legal considerations of Criminal Intelligence

  • Discuss the four INTs of Intelligence

  • Compare Internal and External Collection resources

  • Determine what to do with Criminal Intelligence

  • Learn about riding the Intelligence cycle

  • Discuss the levels of intelligence

  
  

  
  

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• Officer in Charge: What Kind of Leader Will You Be?

  • When
    03/07/2025
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    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Olathe Health Education Center 21201 W. 152nd St. Olathe, KS 66061

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=SL25010F&courseId=PSLOIC&categoryId=F92D1AB8

  Course Description:

  Based on the principles that leadership is intentional, impactful, and begins with self, this training is designed to empower participants. The goal of this training is to explore the significant impact of proficient leadership and communication on individuals, teams, and organizations while highlighting generational differences. Tailored for new supervisors, this course aims to cultivate the confidence and proficiency required to lead with integrity and excellence. Through fostering discussions within a nurturing learning setting, this program enables emerging leaders to make a positive influence on their organizations. Former DEA Special Agent Brian Townsend, who is MOCIC's Law Enforcement Training Coordinator, and Aaron Shipley, MOCIC Training and Outreach Coordinator, work together to deliver a comprehensive 8-hour training for the development of a leadership mindset.

  Core Competencies: 

  • Managing Self: Participants will learn to harness one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations.
  • Leading People: Participants will lead and engage people to maximize organizational performance.

  Learning Objectives: 

  • Understanding of leadership skills related to individual, team and group levels. 
  • Understanding of the dynamics of effective leadership and communication. 
  • Understanding of the dynamics of generational differences in the workplace.

  
  

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• HOW TO CATCH (AND KEEP) A PREDATOR: Effective Strategies in Jessica’s Law Investigations & Prosecutions

  • When
    03/07/2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Dr. John Burke Learning Center 150 South Stewart, Haysville, KS

  HOW TO CATCH (AND KEEP) A PREDATOR:
  Effective Strategies in Jessica’s Law Investigations & Prosecutions

  Friday, March 7, 2025, 9:00-5:00 CST 
  

  Dr. John Burke Learning Center
  150 South Stewart, Haysville, KS 67060 

  A multi-disciplinary training for law enforcement,  prosecutors, and systems-based advocates designed to  provide a strong investigative foundation and well-planned  prosecution to bring about positive outcomes for victims  and communities. 

  Presenters:
  Nicole Southall, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General’s Office
  Colleen Brooks, Special Agent, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
  Tiffanie Askew, Victims’ Rights Director, Attorney General’s Office 

  COST:  FREE with Lunch Provided

  Register by February 28th to tiffanie.askew@ag.ks.gov 

  Training is provided by the Kansas Attorney General's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

  Sponsored by the Haysville Police Department

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• Gold Shield: Leadership for a Lifetime

  • When
    03/17/2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    KLETC, 11009 S. Hornet, Hutchinson, KS 67501

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=SL24010F&courseId=GSLL&categoryId=F92D1AB8

  Course Description:

  "Leadership for a Lifetime: How the Past Prepares Us for the Future" is a motivational presentation that will cover what it takes to be a good professional and highlight the power of being a good person. It will illustrate how to take individual talents and apply them to the group setting to make an unstoppable and productive team.

  The ability to lead is present in everyone, regardless of their rank in an organization or irrespective of their situation in life. There are common characteristics that respected people and effective leaders share - most of these traits are developed by the individual rather than through the position they hold.

  This presentation will cover some of these most important leadership traits, as well as how everyone can use the lessons of yesterday to overcome the challenges of today and capitalize on the opportunities of tomorrow.

  Core Competencies:

  • Managing Self- Participants will learn to harness one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations.
  • Leading People- Participants will lead and engage people to maximize organizational performance.

  Who Should Attend: Everyone

  
  

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• Gold Shield: Leadership for a Lifetime

  • When
    03/18/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Olathe Health Education Center 21201 W. 152nd St. Olathe, KS 66061

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=SL25002F&courseId=GSLL&categoryId=F92D1AB8

  Course Description:

  "Leadership for a Lifetime: How the Past Prepares Us for the Future" is a motivational presentation that will cover what it takes to be a good professional and highlight the power of being a good person. It will illustrate how to take individual talents and apply them to the group setting to make an unstoppable and productive team.

  The ability to lead is present in everyone, regardless of their rank in an organization or irrespective of their situation in life. There are common characteristics that respected people and effective leaders share - most of these traits are developed by the individual rather than through the position they hold.

  This presentation will cover some of these most important leadership traits, as well as how everyone can use the lessons of yesterday to overcome the challenges of today and capitalize on the opportunities of tomorrow.

  Core Competencies:

  • Managing Self- Participants will learn to harness one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations and to achieve goals and aspirations.
  • Leading People- Participants will lead and engage people to maximize organizational performance.

  Who Should Attend: Everyone

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• Course detail: Post Academy Training (P.A.T. School): Maintaining the Profession

  • Start
    03/18/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    03/19/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    KLETC, 11009 S. Hornet, Hutchinson, KS 67501

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25190F&courseId=MTP&categoryId=10023

  This is the first of five GOLD training classes that will be required to successfully complete the PAT School. This class is based on instilling the qualities of professionalism as both a student and a law enforcement officer. Such items as maintaining professional licensure, avoiding professional sanctions, and achieving a sense of career satisfaction, will be explored. Topics discussed will include established codes of conduct, professional ethics, and societal expectations. The student will examine their attitudes toward public service, their duty to act, and the role of law enforcement within their community. 

  
  

  A KS-CPOST firearms qualification will be conducted. Students should bring to class the following items; Duty issued pistol, holster, 3 mags with pouch, eye and ear protection, any other item to functionally complete a firearms qualification (ammo provided by KLETC). 

  This course will meet the yearly required training for fair and impartial policing and pistol firearms qualification (if the student produces a qualified score). 

  Competency: 

  • The actions and behaviors undertaken by all members of the profession by adhering to the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, continuing to improve themselves through necessary training that benefits the community and promotes their readiness to serve. As members of the law enforcement profession, officers recognize self-regulation and oversight are keys to maintaining the integrity of the profession and the confidence of those they serve. 

  Learning Objectives: 

  • Explain how the patrol function fits into the overall mission of a law enforcement agency with regard to its basic purpose and expectations. 
  • Develop an appreciation for the concept of lawful authority, legitimacy, and submission to government will. Examine the limits of governmental authority and the concept of procedural justice. 
  • Appreciate the importance of and adherence to written policies and procedures as they pertain to police liability. 
  • Analyze the concept of implicit bias and its implications on policing. Describe how biased policing affects law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.
  • Explain the danger of complacency in policing. 
  • Incorporate emotional intelligence in law enforcement duties. The officer will define emotional intelligence, recognize what it means for them, analyze circumstances, and assess the level of emotional intelligence displayed by others. 
  • Discuss the impact of overall wellness on the mental aspects of job performance and stress management. 
  • Evaluate and apply methods to prevent officer injury or victimization by the profession with a focus on health and wellness. Officers will implement strategies to combat diseases and conditions common to their profession and recognize the signs and symptoms of these diseases.

  Methodology: 

  • Lecture, small group discussions, activities, exercises, demonstration 

  Target Audience: 

  • Newer certified officers 1-3 years of service

  
  

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• Crime Scene Photography

  • When
    03/19/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Hays, KLETC Regional Site 2101 E 13th Street Hays, KS 67601

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25044F&courseId=CSP&categoryId=10023

  Course Description:

  This is a one day course designed to provide an introduction to digital photography, camera operations and basic scene photography. This course will help students understand camera functions in order to create crisp, clear digital images. For crime scene photography we will focus on depth of field, overall, mid-range and close-up photography. We will also look at techniques for low-light and laser photography. 

  Students are encouraged but not required to bring a DSLR camera, tripod and any other agency issued equipment. 
  

  Course Competency: 

  • Students will be able to employ best practices in crime scene photography, as they investigate any crime from its beginning to its eventual disposition; either as an individual or as part of an investigatory team.

  Course Objectives:

  • Demonstrate the basic operations of a digital, single lens reflex (DSLR) camera
  • Understand photography terminology and how to use lighting techniques, flash and filters
  • Photograph crime scenes in low light and difficult settings

  Instructional Methods:

  • Lecture
  • Demonstration
  • Exercises
  • Scenarios using mock scene evidence

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• Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents

  • Start
    03/26/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    03/27/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Lenexa Police Department

  COURSE OVERVIEW

  This course is designed to provide patrol supervisors with the information and tools needed to manage a critical incident prior to the arrival of SWAT. Understanding the methodology used in managing a dynamic tactical problem, and the 4 primary types of critical incidents involving an adversary will give the patrol supervisor the tools needed to succeed during these events.

  INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS

  Upon completion of this course the attendee will be familiar with:

  1. The Characteristics of a crisis

  2. Basic law enforcement strategy

  3. Primary mistakes made during large-scale critical incidents

  4. Managing a dynamic tactical problem methodology

  5. The basic strategy for managing chaos

  6. The “Big 4” – hostage situations, barricaded suspects, active shooters and apprehending fleeing felons

  7. Lessons Learned from case studies

  Prerequisites: Sworn full-time law enforcement personnel, Fire/EMS members

  COST: NTOA Members: $256.00

      Non-NTOA Members: $311.00

  REGISTRATION: https://training.ntoa.org/CourseRegistration/default.asp?num=20252290

  
  

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• Field Training Officer Program

  • Start
    03/26/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    03/28/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Olathe Health Education Center 21201 W. 152nd St. Olathe, KS 66061

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25065F&courseId=FTOPRM&categoryId=10023

  Description:

  The FTO Program is intended to provide a standardized program to facilitate the officer's transition from the academic setting to the actual performance of general law enforcement duties within their agency/jurisdiction.

  Prerequisites:

  • Officers newly assigned as FTO or in the process to be assigned as a new FTO.

  Core Competencies:

  • Participants will be able to provide the technical and personal skills to individuals in order for them to function as evaluators and trainers or recruits who  have completed Basic Law Enforcement Training.

  Course Objectives:

  • Identify the significant components of the San Jose FTO model program.
  • Evaluate and document a trainee's field performance.
  • Provide constructive feedback to assist a trainee with improving performance.
  • Identify liability issues.
  • Identify and apply remedial training strategies to improve trainee performance. 
  • Identify techniques to improve FTO interpersonal communication skills, maintain ethical standards and avoid civil liability while training.
  • Complete the Daily Observation Report.
  • Develop a scenario and additional training plans.

  
  

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• Community Threat Group Identification, Assessment & Information Reporting for Rural Law Enforcement Officers

  • When
    03/27/2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Parsons KLETC Regional Site 2103 Corning Ave Parsons, KS 67357

  Registration: https://www.enrole.com/kupce/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=LE25097F&courseId=COMMTHREAT&categoryId=24C3A3E0

  Course Description

  This course takes a comprehensive approach to examining threat groups in rural communities, with a particular focus on the nexus of gangs, hate groups, domestic and international terrorist organizations as they converge for the purposes of criminal enterprise. Through this course, students will learn to identify the criminal activities of community threat groups (CTG) and networks that impact rural communities across the country; classify domestic and international community threat groups on the basis of institutionalization, sophistication and likelihood for convergence; and, use a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) to report suspicious activity carried out by CTGs in and around rural communities. 

  Who Should Attend:

  Law Enforcement

  Governmental administration

  Core Competencies:

  • Identify activities of community threat groups (CTGs) in rural communities
  • Classify community threat groups, to understand scope and potential activity
  • Report suspicious activity in rural communities, using a Suspicious Activities Report (SAR)

  
  

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• Cognitive Interview and Detecting Deception

  • Start
    04/07/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    04/11/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Olathe Police Dept., 501 E. Old 56 Highway, Olathe, KS 66061

  4-Day Cognitive Interview and Detecting Deception

  Experience the most advanced Cognitive Interview course available. Includes the science of accurately detecting deception. Taught by one of the leading interviewers and instructors in Cognitive Interview with the latest classroom training videos. Learn how our lead instructor can detect all forms of deception almost 100% of the time, which is confirmed by researchers in Psychotherapy.
  Cost: $598.00Register: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/g6pdub7

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• Lyon County Sheriff's Spring Training

  • Start
    04/08/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    04/10/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Lyon County Fairgrounds, Anderson Building 2650 West Highway 50, Emporia, Kansas

  2025 Lyon County Sheriff's Spring Training 

  
  

  April 8-10, 2025
  Anderson Building - Lyon County Fairgrounds
  2650 West Highway 50, Emporia, Kansas
  

  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.

  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

  5 meals are included with your registration fee.

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

  Challenge Coin Exchange

  • 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 8, 0800 – 1700 
  Registration Starts 0700 

  • 0800 - 0830 Honor Guard and Announcements- Emporia Police Department Honor Guard  
  • 0830 - 1000 Interacting with Mental Health Patients-Sgt. Jason Hinkle, Lenexa PD
  • 1000-1200  Understanding Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department -Game Warden Aaron Scheve
  • 1200 - 1300 Lunch- Catered on site 
  • 1300 - 1700 Child Abuse Investigations- Detective Jonathan Gould, Exploited and Missing Child Unit, Wichita PD  
  • 1730 - 2100 Sheriff’s Steak Fry following training – Grill’s hot from 1730-2000 

  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 0800-1700 
  Registration Starts 0700 

  • 0800 - 1000 Interacting with 1st Amendment Auditors- Captain Jeremy Campbell- Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Adam Khan- Spring Hill Police Department
  • 1000 - 1200 Case Law Updates - Colin Wood – KBI- Retired 
  • 1200 - 1300 Lunch- catered on site 
  • 1300 - 1700 Interview/Interrogation- KBI Special Agent Crystal Hornseth  

  THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 0800 – 1700 
  Registration Starts 0700 

  • 0700 - 0800 Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast 
  • 0800 - 1200 Routine vs. Novel, Error Reduction-Executive Director, David Young- Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center
  • 1200 - 1300 Lunch- Catered on site 
  • 1300 - 1700 Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents- New Mexico Tech

  Registration

  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

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• Advanced Cellular and Timing Advance Area Search Investigations

  • When
    05/19/2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Cowley County Community College 125 S. 2nd Street

  Advanced Cellular and Timing Advance Area Search Investigations

  
  May 19, 2025
  8:30AM- 4:30PM 

  Cowley County Community College
  125 S. 2nd Street
  Arkansas City, KS. 67005 

  RESTRICTED TO LAW  ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 

  WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Officers, Detectives, Crime Analysts,  Investigators, etc. 
  

  WHAT TO BRING:  This is a hands-on course, students  are required to bring a laptop or  tablet with internet access.

  This one-day course is designed to equip law enforcement officers with advanced investigative  skills using Tower Dumps, Area Searches, and Timing Advance technology to effectively identify  suspects and solve complex cases. With the end of Google Geofence capabilities, the course  explores alternative methods, including cellular data exploitation and integrating modern tools  like Connected Vehicle data. Participants will learn the principles of cellular networks, how  devices interact within them, and how to analyze Tower Dumps and specialized location  records. Additionally, the course covers Timing Advance technology for precise geographic  searches, integrating these methods with traditional investigative tools, and ensuring  adherence to legal and ethical guidelines. 

  Course Objectives: 

  • Understand the principles of cellular networks and Timing Advance technology and  their applications in investigations. 
  • Learn how to create targeted search areas using both Tower Dumps and Timing  Advance technology. 
  • Analyze cellular records, including Tower Dumps, to identify potential leads and  suspects. 
  • Apply legal and ethical considerations in the use of cellular and geographic data. • Utilize specialized location records, advanced area searches, and Connected Vehicle  data in investigations. 
  • Develop skills in interpreting and visualizing Timing Advance data for investigative  purposes. 
  • Integrate Timing Advance and Tower Dump data with other investigative tools to  enhance case-solving efforts. 
  • Apply learned methodologies to solve real-world complex criminal cases using both  theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice. 

  Learning Outcome: 

  Upon completing this course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to  effectively use Tower Dumps, Area Searches, and Timing Advance technology in their  investigations, allowing them to solve complex cases more efficiently and contribute to public  safety with confidence. 

  COST:

  • $250 per student
  • $225 groups 3 or more

  REGISTER AT:  www.covertmediaconsulting.com
  REGISTRATION CLOSES: April 18, 2025  

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• KPOA Training Conference

  • Start
    09/08/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    09/10/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Drury Plaza Hotel 400 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS

  Register

  
  

  2025 KPOA
  Training Conference

  -SAVE THE DATE-

  September 8-10, 2025

  Drury Plaza Hotel
  400 W Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS

  The cutoff date to reserve rooms at the Drury Plaza Hotel is August 6, 2025. 
  You may reserve your room online at  https://www.druryhotels.com/bookandstay/newreservation/?groupno=10094148 or you may call 800-325-0720 and provide group number: #10094148.  

  The Drury Plaza Hotel offers breakfast and a light dinner buffet for those registered and staying at the hotel.   

  Lunch will be provided each day of the conference.

  CONFERENCE ITINERARY
  (Itinerary will be published once finalized)

  Conference Registration: $250.00  

  HOTEL INFORMATION: The conference will be held at the Drury Plaza Broadview Hotel located at 400 W Douglas Ave in Wichita.  Room blocks are now available to reserve online at https://www.druryhotels.com/bookandstay/newreservation/?groupno=10094088 or you may call 800-325-0720 and provide group number: #10094088.  The cutoff date to reserve rooms at the conference rate is August 7, 2024.  

  VENDORS WELCOME!

  We are actively seeking vendors for our conference.
  For more information visit our Corporate Sponsorship page.

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