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Capitol Beat a Publication of the IACP Capitol Police Section Capitol Beat A Publication of the IACP Capitol Police Section September 2010 Volume 2, Number 2 In This Issue Chair Report It has been a rewarding year for the Capitol Police Section since the last annual Chair Report conference meeting in Denver. The Section has purchased the Young Family IACP Conference – Quilt with all proceeds going to the National COPS organization. The quilt will be Capitol Police Section held at IACP HQ with our staff liaison Dianne Beer-Maxwell. It will be used as the Meeting section colors/flag for our annual section meetings. Highlight Capitol Police We have filled 3 of the 4 regional vice chairs positions that will help promote, Section Member recruit, gather information and collect ideas from members in their region. department Captain Marc McCune of the Kansas Highway Patrol – Capitol Police will be Demonstrations and the Midwest regional vice chair. rallies Captain Leonard Dittman of Colorado State Patrol – Executive protection IACP Section detail will be the West regional vice chair. Membership Sergeant Eric Yealdhall of Maryland Capitol Police will be the East regional vice chair. South Regional vice Chair – Vacant. We want to thank our IACP board liaison Chief Mark Dunaski of the Minnesota State Patrol for his continued support of the section and we look forward to Helpful Links working with our new IACP board liaison Colonel Bryan Tuma of the Nebraska http://www.theiacp.org State Patrol who will be the chair of the Division of State and Provincial. IACP Website I know that many states have travel restrictions during this tough economic time http://www.ncsl.org/ and we will continue to host a mid-year webinar to allow the members to attend National Conference of State our meetings. Legislatures We will continue to look to partner with other divisions, sections or committees to http://www.nga.org/ meet the needs of the members of the Capitol Police Section and IACP. I look National Governor’s forward to getting a chance to meet and work with each of you. Association IACP Conference – Capitol Police Section Meeting The Capitol Police Section Board has set its date and time for its annual meeting in Orlando at the IACP Conference. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 23rd from 2pm to 4pm in room 306AB of the Orange County Convention Center. Contact Us I would like to thank the Florida Division of Law Enforcement - [email protected] Capitol Police for taking time to make a presentation on their Dan Blackdeer operation in Tallahassee. This is an excellent opportunity for Section Chair members to hear about a department that has the same [email protected] mission, goals and values. We will also be hearing a Mark Dunaski IACP Board Liaison presentation for the Bureau of Justice Assistance on how they can help us gather statistics for State Capitols. Part of the [email protected] Dianne Beer-Maxwell agenda will also include a round tabletop discussion on issues IACP Staff Liaison that members are seeing at their respective agency. Member Department – Kansas Capitol Police IACP Capitol Police In each issue of the Capitol Beat, we plan to Section Mission: highlight one of the member departments in the Capitol Police Section. This will be an opportunity for our members to learn about each others The mission of this departments and responsibilities. Highlighted in section is to allow its this issue is the Kansas Highway Patrol – Kansas members to develop and Capitol Police (Troop K). Attached is an article promote professional written by Kansas Capitol Police Officer Patrick relationships among its Saleh on page 3. members and the IACP; and to increase the Any other member department that would like to contribute an article for the efficiency and capabilities next issue of Capitol Beat should contact Section Chair Daniel Blackdeer. of each law enforcement agency that provides service to our state and Demonstration and Rallies nation’s critical assets. The Nation’s Capitol building along with each state’s This will be accomplished Capitol Building represents government and by providing educational authority. It is these buildings that bring people training, promoting together to voice their opinion in favor or against an effective leadership, issue to their lawmakers. sharing information, and mentoring our future It is up to us to protect everyone’s freedom of st leaders. speech as protected by 1 amendment right. Our goal is to provide protection from injury, protection against property damage and protect, and allow opposing groups to assemble and participate in free speech. Capitol Police Section Here are some of the issues that our Nation’s Membership: Capitol and State’s Capitol police forces have faced this past year: Section membership is open to individuals who Arizona Immigration Law are now, or have been, Budget engaged in or responsible for providing Tea Party police services at a Marriage national or state/providence State Right to carry Firearm House. Section members We can help successfully manage these issues by making contact with the will promote and develop leaders of these groups before the event with the understanding of establishing beneficial relationships our expectations and goals for having a safe event. We must also be prepared with the private sector for different levels of response, including contingency plans by having an incident and our individual action plan that is managed by using ICS. We can contact other Police communities. Integrity, Departments where similar events or same events have taken place and find out honor, and ethical how they managed the event. For the most part, many of the demonstration or behavior will be the rallies that we manage are uneventful. The issues that are highly emotional and standard for bring out very strong view points from both sides can change our resources and professionalism among event set up. Sharing information about demonstration/rallies that have our section members. successfully worked makes us better in our crowd management. The Kansas Capitol Police as they are known today are members of a specialty troop of the Kansas Highway Patrol (Troop K). The Capitol Police originally became part of the Kansas Highway Patrol in 1976, under the designation of Kansas Capitol Area Security Patrol or C.A.S.P. In the early days of C.A.S.P., the police officers of this special unit were statutorily only allowed to enforce laws on or about state property; leaving them powerless to act on a violation of the law when traveling from one property to another. In 1995 The Kansas Legislature gave county wide law enforcement jurisdiction to the Capitol Police, and several years thereafter full statewide jurisdiction. With this added jurisdiction and the expanding role of C.A.S.P. legislation was also passed to officially change the name of the unit from C.A.S.P. to the Kansas Capitol Police in 2006. Troop K provides 24 hour, 7 days a week police coverage. This coverage currently entails answering calls for service and patrolling over 100 state properties in Shawnee County Kansas, assisting other law enforcement agencies, investigation of traffic accidents, intervening in crimes in progress, and traffic enforcement. The Capitol Police are also charged with providing uniformed police protection at the governor’s mansion, the statehouse, the insurance regulation building, and the judicial center. The local agencies have also come to rely on the capitol police to assist them in high risk situations, as every capitol police officer has been equipped with a Colt M-4 rifle, and has received extensive building search/active shooter training. Officers are also armed with a Glock 21SF .45 ACP, Remington 12 gauge shotgun and the X26 TASER. The Capitol Police are currently staffed by a troop commander holding the rank of captain who comes from the trooper ranks, an administrative lieutenant, a patrol lieutenant, 5 sergeants, 26 building police officers, 19 road patrol police officers, a special investigator assigned to the Kansas Fusion Center, 5 dispatchers, 26 non-sworn capitol area guards, two administrative assistants, and an electronic locksmith technician. Patrols are currently accomplished by the use of Ford Crown Victorias, Dodge Chargers, and several police officers that have been cross trained to utilize police bicycles. The Mission of the Kansas Highway Patrol: The Kansas Highway Patrol is devoted to the improving the quality of life in our state through spirited and dedicated service. We pledge to be responsive to the concerns of our citizens while providing professional law enforcement services in the most effective and efficient manner possible. We believe in treating all persons with courtesy and respect. The preservation of individual dignity and constitutional rights is paramount in the performance of our duties. Protecting the rights of our employees and providing them with a safe, secure working environment is of equal importance. We are committed to providing protection of life and property through enforcement of traffic and other laws of the State of Kansas. We recognize that our authority to uphold and enforce the law is derived from the people. Therefore, we will endeavor to exercise this authority in a competent, fair and honest manner. .
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