New PCAN Second Vice President

Kevin Denney, Grand Island Chief of Police has been appointed Second Vice President for the Police Chiefs Association of Nebraska.  Chief Denney replaces Chief Adam Story who recently was named PCAN’s First Vice President.

2024 Nebraska Legislative Bills

A complete updated listing of the Legislative Bills of interest to law enforcement, along with other important information pertaining to the 109th Legislative Session can be found in the Member Portal section of this website.

Reactivation/Reciprocity Testing Dates

  • January 23, 2024
  • February 13, 2024
  • March 19, 2024
  • April 30, 2024
  • May 21, 2024
  • June 18, 2024
  • July 16, 2024
  • August 28, 2024
  • September 24, 2024
  • October 29, 2024
  • November 19, 2024
  • December 18, 2024

Times are: 0800 until 1200 –

Location: Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center –

Contact the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center for more information.

Important Dates for NLETC 217th and 218th Basic Training

IMPORTANT DATES: (DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 

  • 217th BASIC APPLICATION PACKETS ARE DUE BY: March 29, 2024
  • PRET TEST DATE FOR 217TH BASIC: April 8, 2024 (date subject to change)
  • 218th BASIC APPLICATION PACKETS ARE DUE BY: July 26, 2024
  • PRET TEST DATE FOR 218TH BASIC: August 6, 2024 (date subject to change)

McCook’s New Police Chief

McCook, Nebraska, has promoted Kevin Hodgson, currently an Investigator with the McCook Police Department as its new Chief of Police.

Central City’s New Police Chief

Central City, Nebraska, has hired Mark Dreher as its new police chief.  Chief Dreher is a retired Grand Island, Nebraska Police Officer and replaces Mark Hogue who recently announced his retirement.

Free Autism Courses for Law Enforcement, Dispatchers and Investigations

After much research, and utilizing the expertise of Dennis Debbaudt, a well-known author and presenter on the subject, the University of Nebraska at Kearney has developed three courses to help provide knowledge and tools to law enforcement so that it can better assess and/or de-escalate calls which may involve autistic individuals.

One course is designed to help officers when encountering persons with autism, one is designed to help dispatchers when receiving calls related to autistic individuals and one is designed to help officers investigating unique situations and/or crimes which involve an autistic individual, as either the victim, suspect or witness.

These courses, whether utilized for mandated de-escalation training, use of force training, anti/implicit bias training, etc. can be presented at the requesting department’s location, free of charge.  For more information on these two- and four-hour courses, see the attached flyers or contact Dr. James Davis, UNK Police Chief at davisjf@unk.edu.

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Burwell’s New Police Chief

Burwell, Nebraska, has hired Matthew McHale, currently a Deputy Sheriff with the Antelope County Sheriff’s Office as its new Chief of Police.