Kansas Bureau of Investigation

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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Official patch of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Official patch of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Official seal for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Official seal for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation
AbbreviationKBI
MottoDedication. Service. Integrity.
Agency overview
Formed1939
Employees253
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionKansas, USA
Legal jurisdictionGovernment of Kansas
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters1620 SW Tyler Street
Topeka, KS
Special Agents72[1]
Civilians181[1]
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Kirk Thompson[2], Director
Website
KBI Website

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is the criminal investigative arm of the state of Kansas. The agency is a division of the state's Attorney General.[3] Among the KBI's responsibilities are providing investigative and criminal laboratory services to criminal justice agencies, as well as investigating and preventing crime in the state of Kansas.[4] Kirk Thompson is the current director of the KBI.[5]

The KBI has 72 special agents and 181 civilian employees.[1]

The KBI was the primary agency involved in the murder investigation chronicled in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood as well as confirming the identity of the BTK Killer in Wichita.[6]

Directors

Since its beginning, the KBI has had 12 directors.[7]

  1. Lou Richter (1939–1956)
  2. Logan H. Sanford (1957–1969)
  3. Harold R. Nye (1969–1971)
  4. Fred H. Howard II (1971–1975)
  5. William H. Albott (1975–1979)
  6. Thomas E. Kelly (1979–1987)
  7. David E. Johnson (1987–1989)
  8. James G. Malson (1989–1992)
  9. Robert B. Davenport (1992–1994)
  10. Larry Welch (1994–2007)
  11. Robert E. Blecha (2007–2011)
  12. Kirk D. Thompson (2011–present)

Office locations

The KBI maintains offices at the following locations.[8]

Headquarters

Regional offices

References

  1. ^ a b c KBI Statistics (2012)
  2. ^ KBI Director, Kirk Thompson
  3. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation – History
  4. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation – Mission
  5. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation – Directors
  6. ^ Welch, Larry. Beyond Cold Blood: The KBI from Ma Barker to BTK. Univ Pr of Kansas, 2012. ISBN 978-0700618859
  7. ^ KBI Directors
  8. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation – Organization of the KBI Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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