Retirement is a major life transition that extends beyond leaving the profession. This evidence-based course helps participants prepare for a fulfilling and purposeful retirement by exploring goal setting, financial readiness, relationships, and overall wellness. Through guided discussion and practical exercises, participants will create a personalized plan to support a smooth, rewarding transition into the next chapter of their lives.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Dodge City KLETC Regional Site

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for Corrections Professionals equips correctional staff with the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use challenges among their peers. This training focuses on the practical application of the MHFA Action Plan to support colleagues, reduce burnout, and promote overall well-being within correctional environments. By strengthening awareness, encouraging early intervention, and reinforcing self-care and support strategies, the course helps foster a healthier, more resilient workforce and a positive correctional workplace culture.

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Thursday, March 19, 2026, Douglas County Jail

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for Public Safety equips law enforcement and other first responders with practical skills to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use challenges. This training teaches participants how to provide initial support, reduce stigma, and connect individuals to appropriate professional care using the MHFA Action Plan. The course strengthens confidence, promotes open dialogue, and supports healthier, more resilient public safety professionals and agencies.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Johnson County Administration Building
Friday, February 13, 2026, Modern Air Conference Room
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, Crawford County Mental Health Center
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Dodge City KLETC Regional Site
Thursday, March 19, 2026, Learning Center Classroom Bldg

Peer Support is a means for a department to show support to their employees, offering them opportunities to care for themselves and their families. Peer Support helps those, who without it, might turn to substances, illegal activity, poor performance, seeking a different career, mental health issues and even suicide.

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April 13-17, 2026, Integrity Auditorium

This course provides law enforcement professionals with practical instruction in writing clear, accurate, and well-organized narrative reports for criminal justice settings. Participants learn effective field note-taking, report structure, and documentation techniques that support investigations and court proceedings. Through instruction and hands-on writing exercises, officers strengthen their ability to clearly convey facts and produce professional reports that withstand legal review.

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February 9-10, 2026, Learning Center Classroom Bldg

KLETC procedure for providing retired or separated law enforcement officers the opportunity for annual firearms qualification.

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Monday, April 27, 2026, Firearms Range and Classroom Bldg
Monday, October 5, 2026, Firearms Range and Classroom Bldg

This course prepares law enforcement and first responders to provide immediate, life-saving medical care during active and high-risk incidents. Participants review essential tactical medical skills, use-of-force considerations, and officer liability, then apply those concepts through hands-on drills and realistic scenarios. The training emphasizes sound judgment, situational awareness, and effective documentation to improve survival outcomes and enhance safety for officers, responders, and civilians during critical incidents.

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January 28-29, 2026, Integrity Auditorium
April 28-29, 2026, Hays KLETC Regional Site
May 27-28, 2026, Learning Center Classroom Bldg

This course will teach participants the legal requirements that must be satisfied before a search warrant will be issued and how they can satisfy these requirements with their application and supporting affidavit. In addition to search warrants for homes, businesses, and multi-unit residences, attention will also be given to obtaining records from cellular service providers and social media companies.

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Thursday, March 19, 2026, Zoom Facilitated Sessions

The Tactical Medical for First Responders program is designed to define a Medical Threat Assessment, to include a medical plan for a tactical operation.

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Thursday, March 5, 2026, Learning Center Classroom Bldg

This ccourse will equip officers with practical, team based tactics for safely managing and restraining resistive or aggressive subjects. The course emphasizes communication, positioning, and coordinated movement to enhance officer and subject safety. Through hands on training and realistic scenarios, participants learn effective control techniques that can be applied in the field and adapted for agency level training.

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Thursday, January 22, 2026, Johnson County Regional Police Academy Room #124

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.

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August 31, 2026 to September 1, 2026, Integrity Auditorium

This course helps law enforcement professionals strengthen investigations through effective collaboration with forensic nurses and the use of trauma-informed practices. Participants will learn how trauma affects victim behavior and communication, recognize critical medical and forensic indicators such as strangulation, and improve evidence documentation and victim trust. The training equips officers with practical tools to support investigative integrity, enhance courtroom outcomes, and promote community safety and justice.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026, Learning Center Classroom Bldg

This advanced tactical course equips SWAT and Special Operations personnel with the knowledge, skills, and decision-making capabilities required to conduct barricaded vehicle assaults, hostage-rescue vehicle assaults, and moving vehicle assaults.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Hays KLETC Regional Site

Attention Kansas law enforcement executives, command and supervisory personnel, and field training officers!

Are you seeking an innovative and specialized professional development plan for your recent basic training graduates?

KLETC has developed a new Post Academy Training School (P.A.T.) to turn your new officer into a master practitioner. We have created a program to enhance and reinforce the core policing principles through competency-based training. This course will consist of five required (GOLD) classes and a minimum of three elective classes that will average nearly 120 training hours over three years, satisfying the 40-hour continuing education statutory mandate, K.S.A 74-5607a(b).The P.A.T. School will provide a simulated environment for the officer to work through standard police calls reflective of those Kansas law enforcement officers encounter daily.

Each GOLD class will be progressive, allowing additional time and attention to emphasize fundamental skills while holding officers accountable for their knowledge, behavior, and attitude. Creating real-world experiences that provide limited information and deliver stress will engage PAT School participants to scaffold their experiences and strengthen their critical thinking and decision-making skills. These clinical experiences will involve supervised assessments, reasoning, and responses that elevate emotional intensity, confusion, and disorganized thinking that are present during real police calls. Lastly, a three-day, cumulative "Q" (Qualification) School will provide a final opportunity to substantiate officers' competency by demonstrating their fluency in policing practice and set them on a path to accelerate professional growth.

GOLD Class #1: Maintaining the Profession

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 career satisfaction will be explored. Topics discussed 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.

• KS-CPOST Investigations
• Training Requirements
• Professional Code of Ethics
• Personal Ethics
• Departmental Expectations
• Personal Motivations
• Officer Wellness and Fit for Duty
• Mental and Physical Injuries
• Career Satisfaction and Legacy

Gold Class #2: Patrol Responder

This class focuses on when the officer notices criminal activity, receives a call, or becomes aware of a need for a law enforcement response when transitioning to an investigator's role. They will develop good decision-making skills regarding tactics, scene management, and resource allocation. Issues surrounding the intervention of criminal acts, controlling scenes for safety and security, and transitioning from scene management to investigation will be discussed.

• Patrol Observation Skills
• Equipment Selection and Maintenance
• Tactical Skill Development and Maintenance
• Stress Decision Making and Performance
• Response Tactics and Route Selection
• Contain, Control, and Communicate (locking down the scene)
• Decisive Intervention (Tactical, Medical)
• Lawful Contacts, Detainments, and Arrests
• Communication Skills (Personal, Team, Department)
• Chain of Command Notification and Responsibilities
• The transition from Tactical to Investigation

Gold Class #3: Patrol Investigation

This class will examine the role of patrol in conducting criminal investigations. The student will develop skills in observing and identifying criminal behavior and determining how to initiate an investigation. Issues involving suspect and investigator interactions and documentation of evidence will be explored. Suspect and victim interviews will be vital in building the patrol investigator's skills. Students will examine when to transition an investigation to specialty-trained investigators or call on additional resources.

• Identification of Criminal Activity
• Street Interviews
• Developing Intelligence
• Patrol Surveillance
• Scene and Interview Documentation
• Protecting and Gathering Evidence
• Legal Questioning

Gold Class #4: Roadside Investigation

These circumstances may include traffic stops or day-to-day interactions with the community on our roadways and parking lots. Increased knowledge of vehicle laws, drug activity signs, or other criminal activity indications will be stressed. The student will examine safety issues related to the "roadside" environment and how best to utilize safety tactics and equipment.

• Lawful Contact and Detainments
• Recognition of Criminal Activity
• Safe Roadside Tactics
• Use of Safety Equipment
• Drug Interdiction/Impaired Driver
• Traffic Law and Enforcement
• Proactive Policing

Gold Class #5: Community Service

This class examines the role of the law enforcement department and officers in the community. Students will discuss how their culture and that of the community interact and set foundations for expectations. Issues surrounding trust and transparency will be explored, as well as how individual officers' actions can affect attitudes on all sides. Students will be encouraged to reflect on personal and professional ethics to promote community and career satisfaction.

• Department Culture
• Community Culture (sub-cultures)
• To Serve and Protect (professional and personal ethics)
• Resilience (Burnout)
• Community Outreach
• Community Problem Solving (beyond crime fighting)
• Nontraditional Police Services
• Community Resources

GOLD classes will be added to the list as they are developed.