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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

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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
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​Mike Bassi
Director,
Southern Police Institute
​Mike Jansen
Sheriff

Nathan Kent
Chief of Police

Jon McClain
Chief of Police

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​Major Josh Hasch
Commander,
Louisville Police Department
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​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

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​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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