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Council Members

​​​​KLEC Executive Committee

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Michael "Spike" Jones
Chief of Police/Chair

Arthur Ealum
Chief of Police/Vice Chair

​Chuck Dills
County Judge Executive
Certification Committee Chair
Derek Paulsen
Dean, EKU College
Curriculum Committe Chair
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Michael Delaney
Chief of Police
Professional Standards Committee Chair





KLEC Instructor Certification Committee

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Chuck Dills
County Judge Executive
Certification Committee Chair

Eric Black
U.S. Attorney's Office - Western District
U.S. Department of Justice
William "Chip" Nowlin
President, Kentucky Peace Officers Association

Cecil Watkins
Citizens-at-large






Mike Coyle
Sheriff

John P. Hunt
Sheriff

Shawn Butler
Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police
Todd Kelley
Chief of Police




KLEC Curriculum Committee

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Derek Paulsen
Dean, EKU College
Curriculum Committee Chair
Chris Cooper
Commander, Lexinton
Police Department

​Nicolia Jilek
Commissioner, Department
of Criminal Justice Training

Joseph Vorbeck
Captain,
Kentucky State Police




Mike Bassi
Director,
Southern Police Institute
Mike Jansen
Sheriff

​Johnny W. Bivens
Kentucky Sheriff's
Association
​Nathan Kent
Chief of Police



Jon McClain
Chief of Police

Paul Humphrey
Colonel, Lousville Metro Police Department



​KLEC Professional Standards Committee

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Michael Delaney
Chief of Police
Professional Standards Committee Chair
Tom Szurlinski
Kentucky Bar Association


Rich Ferretti
Comissioner, Office of the Attorney General

Berly Perdue, Jr.
State President,
Fraternal Order of Police





Arthur Ealum
Chief of Police

Jill Stulz
President, Kentucky Women's Law Enforcement Network
Michael "Spike" Jones
Chief of Police/Chair

Troy Young
Mayor





KRS 15.315 establishes the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council as an independent administrative body with members of the following appointed by the Governor to serve four year terms:

  • ​President of the Kentucky Women’s Law Enforcement Network
  • Attorney General of Kentucky
  • Commissioner of the Kentucky State Police
  • Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training
  • Chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department
  • Chief of the Lexington Police Department
  • Chief of the Bowling Green Police Department
  • Chief of the Owensboro Police Department
  • Director of the Southern Police Institute
  • Director of the Northern Kentucky Police & Sheriff’s Training Center
  • Dean of the College of Justice & Safety of Eastern Kentucky University
  • President of the Kentucky Peace Officers’ Association
  • President of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs’ of Police
  • President of the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police
  • President of the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association
  • United States Attorney of the East & Western District of Kentucky
  • Mayor
  • County Judge Executive
  • 3 Kentucky Sheriffs
  • Member of the Kentucky State Bar Association
  • 5 Chiefs of Police
  • Citizen At Large

KRS 15.330 establishes the duties and functions of the council