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An older logo of the Kansas Department of Commerce, still used in some areas of their website. The Kansas Department of Commerce is a department of the government of Kansas under the Governor of Kansas.
The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) [1] is a state agency of Kansas, headquartered in Suite 300 of 714 S.W. Jackson St. in Topeka. [2] The former agency of the Juvenile Justice Authority (JJA), which began on July 1, 1997, was merged with the Kansas Department of Corrections by Governor Sam Brownback on July 1, 2013 to increase internal efficiencies and provide more secure operations.
The department has suffered staff shortages for many years. [15] In 2017, press reports indicated a turnover among KDOC officers of 46% per year. A 10% pay raise increased the hourly wage for uniformed employees to $14.66, but did not include non-uniformed staff. [16]
The Stormont Vail Events Center, formerly known as Kansas Expocentre, is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1987 in Topeka, Kansas.Previously, the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association, Kansas Koyotes indoor football team,Topeka Tarantulas, Topeka ScareCrows, Topeka Pilots ice hockey and Topeka Tropics of the National Arena League (NAL) teams played there.
Work on the mural titled “Common Ground,” located outside the of the Topeka Law Enforcement Center at 320 S. Kansas Ave., began in May 2019 and was completed by September.
The KBI provides information that will aid law enforcement, parents, missing children’s agencies and others seeking to find their loved ones. The goal of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation is the resolution of all missing or unidentified person cases. Additionally, the KBI provides support groups for people involved in missing person cases. [14]
Five Topeka city manager finalists interview for the post, meet the public and share what their priorities would be if given the job.