HUTCHINSON — A Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center class has a record number of women.
The Hutchinson News reports that 15 of the 58 people in Class 252 are women. It’s the most women the center has trained in a single class since it started operating at the formal naval base in rural Reno County in 1968.
The 14-week course features classroom training as well as hands-on experience. Students then become certified law enforcement officers.
Executive Director Darin Beck sayd officials aren’t sure if the increase in women is an anomaly or if it’s a growing trend. He says women used to account for about 10 percent of each class, but that number has slowly increased over his 20 years at the center.
