{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-participates-police-academy-trainings-highlights-support-kansas-law", "Davids Participates in Police Academy Trainings, Highlights Support for Kansas Law Enforcement", "2023-06-28", "2023", "2023-06", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited the Johnson County Regional Police Academy, where she joined current trainees in learning certain skills needed to keep our communities safe. The Police Academy, located on Johnson County Community College\u2019s campus, was established to provide basic law enforcement training for newly hired officers from 18 police agencies in Johnson County.\n\n\u201cTraining alongside the Johnson County Regional Police Academy students today was unlike anything I\u2019ve done since coming to Congress,\u201d said Davids. \u201cI was reminded of the hard work and determination needed to succeed both as a recruit at the Academy and as an officer in the field. The folks I spoke with today will help keep our community safe and secure for many years to come, and I\u2019m thankful I got to learn from them.\u201d\n\n\u201cJohnson County Community College is proud to welcome Rep. Davids to our Regional Police Academy,\u201d said Sonta Wilburn, Director, Johnson County Regional Police Academy. \u201cOur facility works with 18 police agencies in Johnson Country to provide basic law enforcement training for newly hired officers. We operate in cooperation with the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center and the Johnson County Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Association. We celebrated our 138th graduating class last month and appreciate the Congresswoman\u2019s time to visit the Academy and understand the important role we play in the community.\u201d\n\nImage\n\nRepresentative Sharice Davids trains on CPR techniques with Johnson County Regional Police Academy recruits.\n\nWhile at the Police Academy, Davids joined the recruits in learning tactical care skills used when an officer is the first to arrive on a scene. Specifically, Davids and the recruits learned to performed CPR and apply tourniquets to provide aid to themselves, other officers, and injured civilians. Davids also operated the firearm simulator, which helps train law enforcement to respond in controlled manner when using a firearm or other deadly force.\n\nJohnson County Regional Police Academy recruits must first be employed as police officers by one of the 18 police agencies in Johnson County. While at the academy, theyreceive their basic law enforcement training, which is required by State law to take place within one year of being hired. Successful completion of the 18-week academy results in certification as a Kansas law enforcement officer. The academy is operated in cooperation with the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, Johnson County Community College, and the Johnson County Police Chiefs and Sheriffs Association.\n\nImage\n\nRepresentative Sharice Davids applies a tourniquet while at the Johnson County Regional Police Academy.\n\nThis past May, during National Police Week, Davids took official action to boost resources for local law enforcement departments, reduce gun violence in Kansas, and support individual officers. The package of eight bills includes bipartisan legislation to improve care for officers coping with job-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eliminate backlogs of untested DNA samples, and crack down and schedule xylazine, the highly dangerous sedative causing fatal overdoses nationwide. It also strengthens background check requirements for those handling firearms.\n\nSince being sworn in, Davids has worked to provide Kansas law enforcement officers with the tools needed to keep communities safe. She secured funding for the Olathe Police Department\u2019s Mobile Command Unit and announced federal resources to hire additional law enforcement in Wyandotte County and improve mental health services in Overland Park. She previously voted for historic, bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation to keep Kansans safe and a bill giving officers access to disability benefits for job-related PTSD.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:08:25Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-participates-police-academy-trainings-highlights-support-kansas-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3532210141420364, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}