Category Archives: Law Enforcement

Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Day is May 4th

Written on May 4, 2012 by in Law Enforcement, Updates

 

Kansans are observing Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Day with a ceremony in Topeka on the Statehouse grounds, Friday, May 4th.

 

Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Day recognizes those law enforcement officials who have been lost in the line of duty defending our public safety.

 

Kansas’ Law Enforcement Memorial Day also coincides with National Police Week and National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.  This year, National Police Week is being celebrated May 13-19th and National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day will be observed on May 15th.

 

We hope you will join us in honoring all of our Kansas law enforcement officials for their service and remembering those officers who have given their lives while working to make Kansas safe.

 

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“Smart on Crime” Study Finds Low Support for Death Penalty Among Police Chiefs

Written on October 11, 2011 by in Law Enforcement

The Death Penalty Information Center conducted a survey of 500 police chiefs in the United States.

 

The survey found that the law enforcement leaders ranked the death penalty as their last choice of crime fighting tools and “the least efficient use of taxpayer’s money.”

 

Instead, 57 percent of the police chiefs agreed that the death penalty does not work as a deterrent.  The study also examines the cost of the death penalty, and how death penalty cases can burden county and state budgets.

 

You can read the full “Smart on Crime” study here.

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