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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 2000
Page
3
The Salina Journal argues lawmakers underfund highway patrols and prison guards despite authorizing 16 new troopers mainly funded by federal truck safety funds. Pay remains low, and a proposed 2.6 million one time bonus for officers failed in both chambers, risking officer safety and prison operations.
Kansas Insurance Commissioner reports that Douglas Duane Chapman, a former agent and securities broker from Salina, received 27 months in federal prison for mail fraud and tax evasion. Chapman diverted over $638,000 from annuity accounts to post office boxes, forged surrender certificates, and deposited funds. Restitution of $342,000 ordered. licenses revoked in 1998. case aided by U S attorney, Postal Service, IRS, Saline County, and KBI. Call 1-800-432-2484 to report suspected fraud.
TOPEKA AP The Legislature adjourned as Bill Graves' spokesman issued a five page summary highlighting his initiatives with an action list and praise for lawmakers. Critics say the governor claimed credit for policies others pushed, while allies defend his openness to ideas and leadership in budget matters and ethics reform.
Critics argue police face a life and death burden and must be judged by the moment not hindsight. The piece notes officers fear mistakes, the trauma of killing, and media distortion of reality, urging careful, situational judgment and compliance if confronted by an armed officer.
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