Membership
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applications should be sent via U.S. Mail to:
KPOA,
Secretary-Treasurer, P.O. Box 2592, Wichita, KS 67201. 
Membership
Application KPOA Works for
You
Remember, KPOA
works for you for the betterment of all law enforcement.
When you maintain your
membership on a paid basis, with new members being added month by month, we
are making progress! Our goal, of course, is 100 percent membership
throughout Kansas. By maintaining your annual membership, you help
sustain the state's largest professional law enforcement association.
KPOA was founded in 1916 and continues today as an umbrella association
representing all facets of the law enforcement profession.
Your annual membership dues of
$15 provide all the items listed below, and much more. Remember,
KPOA works for you!
Legislation
The Kansas Peace Officers Association:
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Maintains a professional
legislative liaison at Topeka during legislative sessions.
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Maintains an active role in
all legislation affecting law enforcement.
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Assisted in passage of
mandatory law enforcement training legislation.
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Supported establishment of
the Kansas Law Enforcement Training
Center.
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Supported sheriff's tenure.
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Continually works to improve
KPERS and KP&F retirement programs.
Benefits
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The Kansas Peace Officer,
published four times annually
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Free law enforcement
training seminars
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Up to Eight $1,000 college
scholarships awarded each year to qualified dependents of KPOA members.
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$500 death benefit, or
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$1,000 death benefit if
full-time officer at time of death, or
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$2,000 death benefit if
full-time officer killed in the line of duty
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Semiannual conferences,
which include KPOA business meetings, training, firearms competition, trap shoot,
bull's eye, golf, social entertainment, and police supply vendors
displaying modern law enforcement equipment
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Committees of the KPOA are
engaged in projects that will improve law enforcement and its delivery
of services to the public on an ongoing basis, year after year.
Membership Categories
Active Members
The following persons shall be eligible as Active Members:
All police officers, sheriffs and deputies, town marshals, constables, prosecuting
attorneys, coroners, judges of municipal, state and federal courts, enforcement agents of
state and federal bureaus,
wardens and correctional officers of state institutions, railway and express
special agents and special officers, all military police agencies, executive staff and
full time instructors of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, members of the police
reserve, retired and pensioned officers holding active membership at the time of
retirement or any full time employ of a law enforcement agency. Active Members may retain
their membership when they leave the law enforcement field.
Supporting Members
Any individual who supports financially the programs of the
Kansas Police Officers' Association shall be eligible for selection as a Supporting
Member. Supporting Members shall not hold office or vote, and shall not be eligible for
death benefits.
Honorary Members
The following persons shall be eligible as Honorary
Members: Governors, members of the Kansas legislature, mayors, city/county managers, other
persons of distinction outside the police profession, and outstanding members of the law
enforcement in other states. Honorary members shall not hold office or vote, and shall not
be eligible for death benefits.
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