2025 KSA Fall Conference Flyer

KANSAS SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION
2025 FALL TRAINING CONFERENCE

Nov. 4-6, 2025
Kansas Star Event Center
Mulvane, Kansas

Conference Host: Darren Chambers, Sumner County Sheriff 2025
KSA President: Scott Braun, Ellis County Sheriff

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

7:00AM - 5:00PM Conference Registration
8:00AM Morning Danish & All-Day Beverages - Sponsored by Superior Emergency Response Vehicles (SERV)
7:45AM - 8:00AM Welcome and Announcements
8:00AM - 11:00AM Why We Do What We Do - Cody Byrns, Transformational Speaker & Best Selling Author
11:00AM - Noon Stepping Up Initiative - Audra Goldsmith
11:00AM - 3:00PM Spouses Event (leave from Conference Registration Area)
Noon - 1:00PM Lunch - Sponsored by Watch Systems & Summit Food Service
1:00PM - 2:00PM Youth Re-Entry Program - Jessica Pearson, KDHE
2:00PM - 4:00PM Family Violence & Animal Cruelty - Chief Trevor Whipple, Ret. - Humane World for Law Enforcement Training Center
4:00PM - 5:00PM KDOT Bureau of Traffic Safety Update - Gary Herman, KDOT
5:30PM - 7:30PM Dinner - Sponsored by KDOT Bureau of Traffic Safety & Technology
7:30PM - 10:00PM Hospitality at Kansas Star Event Center - Sponsored by Crown Correctional Telephone and Sterling Commissary

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

7:00AM - 11:00AM Conference Registration
8:00AM Morning Danish & All-Day Beverages - Sponsored by SERV
8:00AM - NOON Honoring the Badge: Spotting & Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls - Jim Dugan, Director - Joseph Exemplary Policing Initiative at Drake University
Noon - 5:00PM Lunch and Vendor Exhibits - Sponsored in part by VitalCore Heath Strategies
7:00PM - 10:00PM Hospitality at Kansas Star Event Center - Sponsored by Crown Correctional Telephone and Sterling Commissary

Thursday, November 6, 2025

8:00AM Morning Danish & All-Day Beverages - Sponsored by SERV
8:00AM - 10:00AM Line of Duty Deaths a Kansas Response - Col. Erik Smith, KHP, Doug Woods, KDOC, Todd Seay, Lenexa PD, Sheriff Scott Braun & Sheriff Kyle Pinkerton
10:00AM - 11:00AM Illegal Gaming Operations - Wade Schneider, KRC
11:00AM - NOON Kansas' Crisis Continuum of Care - David Johnson, KDADS
Noon - 1:30PM Lunch on your own
1:30PM - 4:00PM General Membership and Board of Directors Meeting and Elections
4:00PM - 6:00PM Sheriff Portrait Photos at Event Center
6:00PM - 7:00PM President's Reception at Event Center
7:00PM - 9:00PM Banquet and Awards Ceremony

Please refer to the KSA website at https://www.kansassheriffs.org/conferences for more information on the conference along with hotel information.