2023 – 2024 Executive Officers
PRESIDENT
Chief Jeremy Thompson
Elizabethtown Police Department
Jeremy.thompson@elizabethtownky.gov
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Chief Michael Delaney
Bowling Green Police Department
michael.delaney@bgky.gov
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Chief Ike Lambert
Cincinnati/N.KY Int’l Airport Police Department
mlambert@cvgairport.com
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT
Chief Joe Monroe
University of Kentucky Police Department
joe.monroe@uky.edu
SERGEANT AT ARMS
Chief Art Ealum
Owensboro Police Department
Art.Ealum@owensboro.org
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chief Shawn Butler (Retired)
sbutler@kypolicechiefs.org
TREASURER
Chief Mike Ward (Retired)
mward@kypolicechiefs.org
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Chief William Hunt
Somerset Police Department
william.hunt@somersetpd.com
CHAPLAIN
Chief Joseph Cline (Retired)
Rowan County
REGIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
North: Chief John Christmann, Southgate Police Department
Northeast: Chief Todd Kelley, Ashland Police Department
East Central: Assistant Chief Nathan Brown, UK Police Department
Southeast: Chief Josh Wesely, Somerset Police Department
Northwest: Chief Rick Sanders, Jeffersontown Police Department
South Central: Lt. Col. Penny Bowles, Bowling Green Police Department
West: Chief Steve Bryan, Madisonville Police Department
East: Chief Mike Riddle, Pikeville Police Department
State Agencies: -Rewa Zakharia, Kentucky Attorney General Office
Federal Agencies: SAIC Robert Maynard, ATF
Railroad Police: Chief Andy Midkiff, RJ Corman Railroad Police Department
University Police: Chief Merrell Harrison, Morehead State University Police Department
Retired Section: Chief Allen Love, (Retired)