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Mission:
The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training (KS·CPOST) is committed to providing the citizens of Kansas
with qualified, trained, ethical, competent, and professional peace officers. It is also committed to adopting and enforcing professional
standards for certification of peace officers in a manner consistent with the law, while being considerate of the community and
uncompromising on basic values and ethics.
Need Training Hours?
Per the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Act, all full-time law enforcement officers must recieve 40 in-service training hours every fiscal year. The fiscal year ends on June 30th, so time is running out to receive the 40 hour requirement! Online resources have been added to the Related Links page for any officer who is still short on his or her training hour requirement, or any interested officer who wishes to take advantage of online training programs or additional training offered throughout the state.
What is KS·CPOST?
The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training
(KS·CPOST) is a 12-member body appointed by the Governor that oversees law
enforcement training in the State of Kansas. Among its many duties
and responsibilities is that of approving the basic core training curriculum
for all Kansas law enforcement and police officers and granting certification
to all Kansas full and part-time officers who meet the prerequisites for
certification.
The Commission may suspend, revoke, or deny the certification of a
police or law enforcement officer who fails to meet the requirements of the
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Act or has met such requirements by
falsifying documents or failing to disclose information required for certification.
Additionally, the Commission may publicly or privately censure,
reprimand, or place on probation a police or law enforcement officer or an
applicant for certification for violations of the Training Act and may also
suspend, revoke, or deny, the certification of any such officer or applicant.
The Commission has an investigative process to follow-up on reports of
alleged Training Act violations. Procedures are in place to
actively make inquiries into reports of officers failing to meet the
requirements of the Training Act and to investigate allegations of falsifying
documents to meet the requirements. Investigations are also conducted
in matters relating to law enforcement officer standards. |
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