Kansas Peace Officers Association

P.O. Box 2592, Wichita, KS 67201
(316) 722-8433  |  kpoa@kpoa.org

"Co-operation and Justice"

Upcoming events

    • 12/03/2024
    • 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
    • Midwest HIDTA 10220 NW Ambassador Drive (6th Flr.) Kansas City, MO 64143

    The Midwest HIDTA is teaming with Thermo Fisher Scientific to provide training on fentanyl, opioids, methamphetamine and other stimulants. This one-day training will cover the history and chemistry of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, information on the clandestine manufacture of these drugs, current drug trends, officer safety, the use of proper personnel protective equipment, evidence handling and Naloxone/Narcan. Lunch will be provided at no charge to all attendees.

    Registration: Please e-mail Midwest HIDTA Program Coordinator Steve Riley with the following information: name of attendee, title, agency/department, telephone number, work e-mail address and if applicable, the name of your Midwest HIDTA task force initiative.

    Instructor: Senior Special Agent in Charge Gil Van Attenhoven (Ret.) worked for the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and has 29+ years of law enforcement experience. Gil currently provides drug training courses for several Counterdrug programs, including the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center and the COPS Office. Gil holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento. He is the past president of the CA Narcotic Officers’ Association (CNOA) and a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Session 209

    • 05/19/2025
    • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
    • 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  

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

    KPOA Annual Training Conference - Wichita, Kansas

    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.

Past events

11/07/2024 Investigative Applications of Technology
10/16/2024 SIMUNITION® SCENARIO INSTRUCTOR AND SAFETY CERTIFICATION COURSE
10/15/2024 Tren de Aragua: Venezuelan Terrorist Gang Invades America with EXTREME Violence
10/14/2024 1st Amendment in Action: Disruptions, Auditors, & Elections
10/10/2024 Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Investigations
10/08/2024 1st Amendment in Action: Disruptions, Auditors, & Elections
10/07/2024 Basic Narcotics Investigators Course (BNIC VII)
10/03/2024 Courtroom Testimony Masterclass: Police Officer’s Trials and Court Success
10/01/2024 1st Amendment in Action: Disruptions, Auditors, & Elections
10/01/2024 CYBER 201 for Law Enforcement: Cyber Investigations from Computer to Court
09/30/2024 Crowd Control Techniques - Train-the-Trainer
09/25/2024 2024 Wellness Conference & Supervisor Training
09/24/2024 MCTC Crime Scene Video Techniques
09/16/2024 Surveillance and Surveillance Ambushes
09/10/2024 Video Surveillance and Crime Scene Video Techniques from Midwest Counterdrug Training Center
09/09/2024 KPOA Training Conference
09/08/2024 KPOA Firearms Competition
09/08/2024 KPOA Golf Tournament
08/20/2024 The Illicit Fentanyl Crisis and Drug Poisonings
08/09/2024 Confidential Informants: Managing & Controlling
08/08/2024 Physical Surveillance Tactics: Foundational Strategies and Techniques of Physical Surveillance Operations
08/05/2024 Peer Support & Critical Incident Debrief Training
08/01/2024 Forensic Genetic Genealogy Workshop
07/29/2024 Detective Boot Camp
07/10/2024 Fundamentals of Social Media for Law Enforcement
06/10/2024 M.A.P.P. Interdiction Training
05/23/2024 The Illicit Fentanyl Crisis & Drug Poisonings
05/23/2024 VALOR Officer Resilience Training
05/17/2024 HOW TO CATCH (AND KEEP) A PREDATOR: Effective Strategies in Jessica’s Law Investigations & Prosecutions
05/14/2024 Financial Investigation Seminar
05/14/2024 Tactical Ethics
05/01/2024 DV & DUI: BACK TO BASICS (ON CASES THAT ARE ANYTHING BUT BASIC)
04/18/2024 K9 and Traffic Stop Case Law
04/09/2024 IPMBA Police Cyclist Course
04/09/2024 Lyon County Sheriff's Spring Training
04/04/2024 ADVANCED VEHICLE CONTRABAND CONCEALMENT
03/12/2024 De-Escalation Training for Law Enforcement
03/04/2024 KNOA Training Conference
02/27/2024 A Case of Racial Profiling & Do You Have the Right to Remain Silent? (A two-part training)
02/16/2024 Physical Surveillance Tactics: Foundational Strategies and Techniques of Physical Surveillance Operations
02/13/2024 Mexican Cartel Investigative Techniques: From Las Vegas to Mexico
02/12/2024 FBI LEEDA (ELI) Executive Leadership Institute
02/12/2024 Peer Support & Critical Incident Debrief Training
02/06/2024 Confidential Informants: Managing & Controlling
01/30/2024 Drug Unit Supervisor: Strategies for Managing Narcotics Units, Personnel, and Operations
01/25/2024 SAFER TOGETHER FRONTLINE OFFICER WORKSHOP
01/24/2024 SAFER TOGETHER FRONTLINE OFFICER WORKSHOP
01/23/2024 SAFER TOGETHER COMMAND-LEVEL FORUM
01/22/2024 Street Crimes 3 Day Course
01/22/2024 SAFER TOGETHER COMMAND-LEVEL FORUM
12/08/2023 All Things K9 - Street Cop Training
11/14/2023 Death Investigation Training
11/09/2023 BODY LANGUAGE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT - Street Cop Training
11/08/2023 UNMASKING HIDDEN FACIAL EXPRESSIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT - Street Cop Training
10/23/2023 Breaking the Ice on Cold Case Investigations
10/09/2023 De-Escalation Training (NDTC)
09/23/2023 Ride of Sacrifice
09/20/2023 Sexual Assault Investigations
09/11/2023 KPOA Fall Training Conference
09/07/2023 Pepper Ball Instructor/Armorer Certification
08/04/2023 KACP VALOR Golf Tournament
06/24/2023 KPOA Firearms Competition
05/31/2023 Somebody’s Watching You: Navigating Officer Response to the Homeless Community, Panhandlers, First Amendment Auditors, and the Media
05/07/2023 Kansas Speedway First Responders Appreciation Day
05/01/2023 MCTC Advanced Vehicle Contraband Concealment Course
05/01/2023 2023 KACP Spring Leadership Training Conference & Valor Awards Banquet
04/20/2023 Pistol Mounted Optic Overview
04/19/2023 FREE Naloxone Training
04/04/2023 Lyon County Sheriff's Spring Training
03/28/2023 Use of Force and Condensed Time Decision Making
03/27/2023 PEER SUPPORT & CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEF TRAINING
02/20/2023 PEER SUPPORT & CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEF TRAINING
02/02/2023 SFST Refresher Course
12/22/2022 Proactive Patrol Techniques - Wichita, Kansas
12/21/2022 Active Shooter Response / Tactical Entry Training for Officer Survival
12/06/2022 99 Signs of Danger
11/28/2022 FBI-LEEDA Executive Leadership Institute
10/24/2022 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DRUGS & VIOLENCE (L.E.A.D.)
09/26/2022 FBI-LEEDA Command Leadership Institute
09/20/2022 KPOA 2022 Annual Training Conference
08/02/2022 District 4 Training
07/25/2022 D.A.R.E. Training
07/18/2022 FBI-LEEDA Supervisory Leadership Institute
07/14/2022 Bulletproof Report Writing
07/13/2022 Advanced Criminal Investigations
07/12/2022 Advanced Search & Seizure
07/07/2022 Leadership for a Lifetime
06/23/2022 STREET LEGAL II
06/18/2022 KPOA Annual Firearms Competition
04/29/2022 Death Notification Training and Impaired Driving Enforcement
04/28/2022 Death Notification Training and Impaired Driving Enforcement
04/27/2022 Death Notification Training and Impaired Driving Enforcement
04/25/2022 Death Notification Training and Impaired Driving Enforcement
04/05/2022 Sheriff Spring Training
03/28/2022 SPEAR System: Instructor Certification
02/21/2022 64-Hour Adult, Adolescent, and Pediatric SANE-SART Course
01/25/2022 Legislative Conference
01/12/2022 Drug Identification and Field Test Certification
01/11/2022 Drug Identification and Field Test Certification
01/10/2022 Drug Identification and Field Test Certification
12/13/2021 Drug Interdiction Patrol Tactics in Rural Areas
10/26/2021 2021 Annual Training Conference
08/19/2021 Professional Ethics in Representing Law Enforcement Officers
06/23/2021 Law Enforcement Driving Concern Training Opportunity
06/23/2021 Criminal Interdiction - Successful Trends and Techniques
06/22/2021 Law Enforcement Driving Concern Training Opportunity
06/19/2021 KPOA Annual Firearms Competition
05/20/2021 Mass Fatality Planning for Rural Communities
05/18/2021 THE REID TECHNIQUE OF INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION®
05/06/2021 Emotional Survival For Female Enforcers
04/20/2021 “Reimagining Police Recruiting and Retention: The Wichita Police Department Experience”
10/13/2020 KPOA Annual Conference - CANCELLED
07/07/2020 Managing the Property & Evidence Room For Small to Mid-Size Agencies
04/27/2020 Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation
04/27/2020 FBI-LEEDA's 29th Annual Executive Education Conference
04/23/2020 Deceptive Behaviors & Hidden Compartments - Street Cop Training
03/17/2020 Active Shooter Response Training
03/03/2020 Standardized Field Sobriety Test Class
02/13/2020 DRE Inservice - For currently certified DREs only
02/04/2020 SFST Refresher Class
02/04/2020 SFST Refresher Class
01/28/2020 Joint Legislative Reception
01/28/2020 KPOA Legislative Meeting and Joint Legislative Conference
01/23/2020 Drug Identification and Field Testing Certification
01/22/2020 Drug Identification and Field Testing Certification
01/22/2020 Winning The Battle
01/21/2020 Drug Identification and Field Testing Certification
01/13/2020 KBI Basic SWAT School
11/26/2019 Kansas Anti-Human Trafficking Training: A Multidisciplinary Focused Approach
11/21/2019 Gold Shield: Mass Shootings
11/12/2019 Kansas Anti-Human Trafficking Training: A Multidisciplinary Focused Approach
11/07/2019 Drug Identification and Field Testing Certification
11/06/2019 Drug Identification and Field Testing Certification
10/31/2019 Kansas Anti-Human Trafficking Training: A Multidisciplinary Focused Approach
10/30/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
10/30/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
10/30/2019 Kansas Anti-Human Trafficking Training: A Multidisciplinary Focused Approach
10/30/2019 KIA Conference and Training
10/25/2019 First Responder Safety, Health and Wellness Symposium
10/21/2019 Burden of Command Training
10/21/2019 Basic Crisis Negotiation Training
10/21/2019 14th Annual Impaired Driving Conference
10/11/2019 "Technology Takes the Wheel" seminar on autonomous/self-driving vehicles
10/11/2019 Kansas Anti-Human Trafficking Training: A Multidisciplinary Focused Approach
10/08/2019 Al Thimmesch Retirement Reception
10/08/2019 KPOA General Meeting and Fall Training Conference
10/07/2019 No One Fights Alone - Officer Resiliance and Self-Care
09/23/2019 Tactical Narcotics Debriefing
09/18/2019 Kansas Asset Forfeiture and E-citation Reporting
09/17/2019 The Living Forensic Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds
09/15/2019 Kansas Concerns of Police Survivors 10th Annual Memorial Golf Tournament
08/28/2019 Trauma Response for the Justice System
08/27/2019 Opioid Use Disorders, Substance Abuse and Addiction in Law Enforcement
08/27/2019 Trauma Response for the Justice System
08/19/2019 Media & Public Relations
08/19/2019 Peer Support & Critical Incident Debrief Training
08/08/2019 Kansas Law Enforcement Industrial Hemp Field Day
08/01/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
07/28/2019 B.R.A.K.E.S Teen Advanced Driver Training
07/28/2019 B.R.A.K.E.S Teen Advanced Driver Training
07/27/2019 B.R.A.K.E.S Teen Advanced Driver Training
07/27/2019 B.R.A.K.E.S Teen Advanced Driver Training
07/26/2019 Courthouse Security - FREE TRAINING TO KPOA MEMBERS
07/26/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
07/25/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
07/19/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
07/18/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
07/12/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
07/11/2019 Legal and Legislative Updates
06/25/2019 Building Resilience – Surviving Secondary Trauma - FREE TRAINING TO KPOA MEMBERS
06/24/2019 SWAT Tactics for Patrol Officers - FREE TRAINING TO KPOA MEMBERS
06/08/2019 KPOA Annual Firearms Competition
06/02/2019 2019 KCJIS User Conference
05/15/2019 Cellular Telephone Investigations and Video Preservation for the Street Officer
05/13/2019 Basic Drug Investigator Course - Garden City
05/03/2019 37th Annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial
04/15/2019 Basic Drug Investigator Course - Topeka
03/04/2019 KNOA Training Conference
02/06/2019 Kansas Opioid Summit
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