Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center Graduates 318th Basic Training Class
Photos by Jeff Tuttle
Sixteen new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on December 8, 2023, in a ceremony held in KLETC's Integrity Auditorium. KLETC Police Instructor Senior Bryan Carey was the class coordinator for the graduating class and the commencement speaker for the ceremony was KLETC Executive Director Darin Beck.
In what was the first basic training graduation commencement address of his career, Executive Director Beck challenged the graduates to broaden their world view and to learn about people. “Law enforcement is about the study of people more so than anything else that we do,” said Beck. “Learn all you can about them. Learn about their psychology, learn about their traditions and their cultures and their values. It will make you a better communicator. It will allow you to work with procedural justice, to have procedural justice inculcated into your being without even having to think about it.”
Under the authority of Executive Director Beck, graduates received certificates attesting to the satisfactory completion of a full-time basic course of instruction, and certification as Kansas law enforcement officers from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training, the state’s law enforcement licensing authority.
The following are the graduates of the 318th basic training class:
*Award recipient
Erin Bean - Pittsburg Police Department
*Fitness
Haley Beutler - Washburn University Police
Ryan Blackburn - Spearville Police Department
*Fitness
Jacob Breshears - Park City Police Department
Seth Brooks - Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Robert Cates - Fort Hays State Univ Police Department
Garrett Daniels - Washburn University Police
Zachary Davis - Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Philip Lagemann - Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office
Keaton McGuire - Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
*Fitness
Connor Rolen - Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Dylan Shaw - Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office
*Directors’ Award for Academic Excellence, Honors
Dillon Simpson - Iola Police Department
*Fitness
Bryan Siu - Labette County Sheriff's Office
*Class President, Honors, Fitness
Luke Slupski - Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office
Adam Wiley - Derby Police Department
