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KACP Awards Nominations
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Spring 2013 Shooting Match Results
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
The 2013 legislative session is now underway in Topeka. KPOA's Legislative Liaison Ed Klumpp is actively tracking all bills of interest to Kansas Law Enforcement and will be reporting on bills
KPOA President Darin Beck
Ray
Morgan handed me the updated KPOA roster today, and I was struck
by a couple of thoughts. The first is how much work is
done by KPOA members without compensation, largely without
recognition and certainly without sufficient gratitude. Ray
Morgan is one example of one of those members. For as long as I
can remember, Ray has served as the chair and only member of the
KPOA Governor’s Roster Committee. Ray gave me a copy of the
roster while I attended the KPOA training committee meeting
chaired by Linda Morgan. Again, the work done by that
committee today and, more importantly, the work that they
planned to do during the next year was impressive and
demonstrated to me not only their commitment to KPOA but to
serving law enforcement throughout the state. I thank
Linda for her leadership, Heather Buller, the vice chair, for
her knowledge and enthusiasm, and all of the members for their
willingness to serve.
Linda’s leadership brings me to my next thought: KPOA has been lucky to have been served over the years by some of the finest leaders in Kansas law enforcement. Looking at the current list of officers, governors, and governors emeritus, I see a true “who’s who” list. I am lucky to know many of them personally, and most I would never have had the opportunity to meet if I had not been involved in KPOA. If for no other reason, I encourage you to join and become active in KPOA to meet some of the finest people in law enforcement.
I hesitated to mention individual members specifically because I know I have only scratched the surface of the work that is being done, and I must mention two other committees that truly work behind the scenes to serve the organization. The Firearms Committee, for example, chaired by Boyce Moses with vice chair Jim Daily to work as it has over the years to put on the competition shoots across the state. The second is the Arrangements Committee chaired by Al Thimmesch, aka “Mr. KPOA,” that busy selecting a location for the Fall Conference and trying to address the problem of declining attendance.
Thank you to all the members that I mentioned and to those members who work hard behind the scenes that I did not mention by name.

Last Updated: May 17 2013
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