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Council Members

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​​​​KLEC Executive Committee

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Arthur Ealum
Chief of Police/Vice Chair


​Chuck Dills
County Judge Executive
Certification Committee Chair

Derek Paulsen
Dean, EKU College
Curriculum Committe Chair

​Michael Delaney
Chief of Police
Professional Standards Committee Chair
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KLEC Instructor Certification Committee

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Chuck Dills
County Judge Executive
Certification Committee Chair

Brad Ingram
U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District
U.S. Department of Justice
William "Chip" Nowlin
President, Kentucky Peace Officers Association

Cecil Watkins
Citizens-at-large​



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Mike Coyle
Sheriff

John P. Hunt
Sheriff

Jeremy Thompson
Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police
Todd Kelley
Chief of Police


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Kimberly Klare
President, Kentucky Women's Law Enforcement Network




KLEC Curriculum Committee

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

​Mike Bosse
Commissioner, Department
of Criminal Justice Training

Joseph Vorbeck
Captain,
Kentucky State Police




Mike Bassi
Director,
Southern Police Institute
Mike Jansen
Sheriff

Nathan Kent
Chief of Police

Jon McClain
Chief of Police







​Major Josh Hasch
Commander,
Louisville 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

Berl​ Perdue, Jr.
State President,
Fraternal Order of Police









Arthur Ealum
Chief of Police
James Mills
Chief of Police







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



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