KHP
TOPEKA — Colonel Herman T. Jones, superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, announced that Technical Trooper Benjamin Kahle has been promoted to lieutenant and will serve Troop D, Zone D in northwest Kansas.
Kahle attended the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy and graduated with Class 50 in 2012.
His initial duty station was Thomas County in Troop D. In October 2015, Kahle was promoted to technical trooper and awarded a pilot’s position within Troop T in Ellis County. While with Troop T, Kahle obtained his private pilot’s license and instrument rating. In February 2020, he transferred to Troop S as a police service dog handler, where he served until his recent promotion.
Kahle received a Top Producer Award for his involvement with a substantial drug interdiction effort in 2014.
Kahle is a native of Kearney, Neb., and graduated from Kearney Catholic High School.
Prior to his career with the Patrol, he attended Fort Hays State University and worked as a police officer for the Hays Police Department in Hays.
He said he is thankful for the support his wife, Salena, and his son, Emmett, have given him throughout his career with the patrol.