WSU Tech - Criminal Justice Program

It was a great day for the students in the criminal justice program at WSU Tech. Students from the college along with several students from our high school partners at South, Eisenhower, and Goddard all competed at the Skills USA Kansas State Championship in Hutchinson, bringing home some hardware in the process. I couldn’t be more proud of these students and the dedication they have shown preparing for this competition. Several of these students have even been spending extra time at the college outside their regular set classroom time practicing for this event. I would like to thank our instructors at South, Eisenhower, and Goddard for all their hard work in helping these students get ready for the events. I would also like to thank the Wichita Police Department for all their hard work in setting up the competition.

Currently looking for placement for three students in my internship course. Our program at WSU Tech is growing rapidly and with that growth we have had an increase in the number of students looking for criminal justice internships. I have been able to place nine students but still have the three looking for placement. If you are part of my network or even outside my network in the Wichita area and would be willing to give one of these students an opportunity to see what you department or organization has to offer don’t hesitate to contact me. This would be a once a week for 12 weeks commitment. My email is [email protected].

Foster is a dual credit student in our Criminal Justice program at WSU Tech. Glad to see he is excelling in both the classroom and on the football field.

Foster evolving in Panther offense Senior Rowan Foster has brought a new level of confidence this fall and has been a reliable receiver for the Panthers. The four-year varsity wide receiver has seen the offense

Another successful private security training class at WSU Tech. For those that didn’t know we offer a 48-hour certification course for private security officers. The course covers a wide range of topics including use of force, civil liability, workplace violence, and many more. Classes run 5:30pm - 9:30pm Monday - Thursday for three weeks. Our instructors are all current or retired certified law enforcement officers with a great deal of experience and expertise in the world of private security.

Big night for WSU Tech’s Criminal Justice department. We had 5 students medal at the Skills USA National Conference. Our high school CSI team from Eisenhower High School earn a silver medal, our CJ student from Goddard received silver, and our CJ student completing at the College level earned bronze. I couldn’t be more proud of the group we had representing the college this year. Special thanks to our dual credit instructors, Crystal Simmons (Eisenhower High School) and Jacob Holle (Goddard High School) for getting their students ready for the competition. Also a big shout out to the Sedgwick County Sheriffs Department for all the work they did with Eisenhower’s CSI team.

We have some SkillsUSA Kansas State Champions. WSUTech scored gold in Criminal Justice College level, Criminal Justice High School (Goddard), and CSI High School Level (Eisenhower). WSU Tech also scored silver in CSI High School with a combined team from three different area schools and silver in Criminal Justice with one of our dual-credit on campus students. Bronze was taken by a WSU Tech dual-credit Goddard student. Thank you to all the instructors who took time to help these students prepare for this competition.

Student’s from our Criminal Justice Programs across four schools competed in the SkillsUSA Kansas State Championship. The students worked through scenarios in both Crime Scene Investigations and Law Enforcement related incidents. Thank you to the Wichita Police Department for organizing and running the event.

Every year we host a SkillsUSA regional competition for our dual-credit students who compete under the WSU Tech banner. We had an awesome group of students this year. The top fifteen will now represent WSU Tech and their high schools at the SkillsUSA State competition in April. Special thanks to WPD and the Citizen’s Police Academy for making the competition happen.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends, family, and colleagues of Detective Blurton of the Wichita Police Department. Detective Blurton had been a member of the Wichita Police Department for many years. In that time, he truly gained the honor and respect of all that worked with him. Detective Blurton will be greatly missed.

Some of our Dual-Credit students from Eisenhower High School got to take a tour of WSU Tech South today. The group then traveled over to Wichita State Unversity to learn about their Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Pre-law programs. They finished out their day with a tour of the Wichita/ Sedgwick County training academy. Thank you to Wichita State University and to the Training Academy for the opportunity for these students to see the next steps in their journey to becoming Criminal Justice Professionals.