Enterprise police chief Fired

[Buckskinner33]

Sept 5th 2005
AP

James Bettles has been fired as Enterprise police chief after 24 years with the central Kansas town.

He was let go on Thursday because he didn't prove that he'd completed required law-enforcment training.

He'd been suspended early last month after the city learnedthat, for five years, he didn't submit proof of required training to the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Commission.

All certified law-enforcement officers are required to complete 40 hours of continuing education and training each year.

The city council hired former police chief Carl McDonald as acting chief until a full-time replacement is found.

A hearing that could result in the revocation of Bettles' law-enforcement certification is scheduled for the 19th of this month in Topeka.

 

[dfndr13]

Buck,
Not trying to bust your bubble, but that is an old story, 2004, where did you find that by chance?



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[font=Arial, Helvetica, Verdana]ENTERPRISE (AP) - Police Chief James Bettles has been fired after 24 years with the city because he didn't prove that he had completed required law-enforcement training.

Bettles was fired Thursday night by the city council. He had been suspended Jan. 8 after the city learned he had not submitted proof of required training to the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Commission for five years.

All certified law-enforcement officers are required to complete 40 hours of continuing education and training each year.

The city council also approved hiring former police chief Carl McDonald as acting chief of police until a full-time replacement was found.

City Attorney Autumn Fox said the city acted to ensure adequate police enforcement.

The Dickinson County Sheriffs Office and Chapman police are helping provide police protection in Enterprise until a new chief is hired, Fox said.

A hearing that could result in the revocation of Bettles' law-enforcement certification is scheduled for Feb. 19 in Topeka. Enterprise, a Dickinson County community of about 850 people, is about 80 miles west of Topeka.

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[Buckskinner33]

Well, I thougt I made another post after that asking for an update. I was surfing the net and it stated it was accurate as of 2005.

Im still getting LOCK UPS on the forum.