In the latest episode of The Forum, Eagle Community Television’s Mike Koerner speaks with Ellis County Sheriff’s Detective Chuck White about the upcoming prescription drug takeback day, which is scheduled for Saturday.
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Alcohol, narcotics enforcement training to be held on FHSU campus
FHSU University Relations
More than 40 police officers from across Kansas will meet at Fort Hays State University campus for a day of training beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the conference room of the Tiger Den in Custer Hall.
The training session is sponsored by the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police and the FHSU Police Department.
Topics will include liquor enforcement and updates and fake IDs, presented by Agent Michael Eells and Agent Scott Bisk of the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Kansas Department of Revenue. The Ellis County Drug Enforcement Unit will also share presentations about basic narcotic investigations, drug recognition and trends, and the K-9 Deployment Unit.
Lunch will be provided for officers along with presentations by Mike Baker, president of the KACP, and Doyle King, executive director of the KACP.
Trego Co. school board president resigns post after arrest
WAKEENEY — Arrested on a series of drug-related allegations Thursday afternoon, Trego County USD 208 Board of Education president has resigned his position with the schools.
Reeder was taken into custody at his WaKeeney home, facing charges of possession of marijuana, criminal use of a firearm, and two counts of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school. He is scheduled to appear in Trego County District Court at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Reeder also serves as a Trego County appraiser.
A release issued by the school district said Reeder had resigned his post with the board of education, a post he has held since July. The release noted Reeder was not admitting guilt, but that he wanted to avoid becoming a distraction to the business of the school district.
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USD 208 statement:
On Jan. 2, 2014, Trego County USD 208 Board of Education President John Allen Reeder was arrested on drug-related charges. Mr. Reeder was elected President of the BOE in July of 2013 and has been supportive of the district’s anti-drug and alcohol policies. In response to the arrest of Mr. Reeder, Trego County Superintendent Dr. George Griffith state, “I am a firm believer that all members of the school district should be held to the same standards related to their actions, regardless if it is a student, teacher, administrator or even a school board member. Deciding what to do regarding students and staff members is clear because there are policies and rules in place ot provide guidance. Hownever, with a board members being an elected official, the district is limited in the actions it can take.”
Dr. Griffith visited with Mr. Reeder on January 3, 2014, at which time Mr. Reeder and Dr. Griffith agreed that it would be in the best interest of the students if Mr. Reeder resigned his position on the Board of Education immediately. Mr. Reeder wanted the board and members of the community to know that he was not admitting any guilt. His concern was that the charges against him might distract the board of education from its business, which is doing what is in the best interest of the children they serve.
Trego Co. school board president arrested on drug, weapons allegations
WAKEENEY (AP) — Authorities said a school board president for a western Kansas district has been arrested on drug-related charges.
Trego County Sheriff Richard Hanks tells television stations KAKE and KWCH that John Reeder was taken into custody Thursday at his WaKeeney home. He was arrested on allegations of possession of marijuana, criminal use of a firearm and two counts of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school.
Reeder is listed as president of the board of education for Trego County schools. He also is listed as a Trego County appraiser.
A Trego County jail staffer told the Associated Press that Reeder remains in custody, but no attorney is listed for him in jail records.
KWCH reported Superintendent George Griffith said there is no statement from the school district at this time.