Longtime KLETC leader serves as vice provost, associate dean
LAWRENCE — Darin Beck, who has served more than 25 years at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in both legal and administrative roles, was recently promoted to vice provost of the center and associate dean of the University of Kansas’ School of Professional Studies.
Beck had most recently been the executive director of the Hutchinson-based training center, which functions as the central agency for all law enforcement training in Kansas.
As part of his restructured duties, Beck oversees the management of the training center and will collaborate with Stuart Day, dean of the School of Professional Studies, to enhance academic offerings related to criminal justice.
Beck is responsible for conducting strategic planning, identifying contemporary best practices and trends in the education and training of law enforcement officers, and implementing programs. He also acts as the Kansas director of police training, exercising regulatory curriculum and licensing authority over not only the KLETC campus but eight additional satellite police training school sites across the state that are operated by local law enforcement agencies and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Prior to joining the KLETC staff, Beck held various positions in education, law and the U.S. Army, including as an instructor at Remington College and Baker University, a math teacher for Haysville Public Schools and an assistant city attorney for the city of Wichita.
He served 22 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
Beck earned a juris doctor from Baylor University, a master’s degree in adult education from Newman University and bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and marketing from Wichita State University. He also graduated from the FBI’s Central States Law Enforcement Executive Development seminar, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the University of Virginia’s Judge Advocate Advanced Course.
About KLETC
The KLETC, overseen by KU, trains nearly 15,000 students annually in residential, online and outreach programs. It provides basic training and continuing education programs to more than 437 recognized law enforcement and police agencies throughout the state.