Kansas Concerns of Police Survivors
Our Board
Jamie Bradway
President
Email: president@kscops.org
Phone: (317) 402.7592
Fallen Officer:
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana
End of Watch Friday, September 20, 2013
Jamie is the widow of Officer Rod Lee Bradway, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana. Rod was shot and killed when he responded to a domestic dispute on Friday, September 20, 2013.
Marilyn Goodheart
Vice-President
Email: vicepresident@kscops.org
Fallen Officer:
Master Trooper Dean Allen Goodheart
Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas
End of Watch Wednesday, September 6, 1995
Marilyn is the wife of Master Trooper Dean Allen Goodheart, Kansas Highway Patrol. Trooper Goodheart was killed on Wednesday, September 6, 1995 after being struck by a car on I-70, near Oakley, while performing a routine safety inspection.
Sarah Etheridge-Purcell
Secretary
Email: secretary@kscops.org
Fallen Officer:
Deputy Sheriff Brian Scott Etheridge
Sarah is the widow of Deputy Sheriff Brian Etheridge, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, KS. Deputy Etheridge was shot and killed after responding to a false report of a larceny on Monday, September 28, 2009.
Dana Evans
Treasurer
Email: treasurer@kscops.org
Fallen Officer:
Indianapolis Police Department, Indiana
End of Watch Wednesday, June 4, 1986
Dana is the daughter of Sgt. David Sandler, Indianapolis Police Department, IN. Sgt. Sandler was killed in a motorcycle crash when a car turned in front of him on Wednesday, June 4, 1986.
Susan Imthurn
Outreach Coordinator
Fallen Officer:
Police Officer Jeffrey Glenn Atherly
Topeka Police Department, Kansas
End of Watch Sunday, December 16, 2012
Susan is the mother of Police Officer Jeff Atherly. Officer Atherly and Corporal David Gogian were shot and killed on Sunday, December 16, 2012 while checking on a suspicious vehicle in a grocery store parking lot.
Tammy Samuels
Tammy is the wife of Sheriff Matthew Samuels, Greenwood County Sheriff's Office, KS. Sheriff Samuels was shot and killed as he and two deputies served an arrest warrant at a home on Wednesday, January 19, 2005.
Connie Weber
Connie is the wife of Sheriff Allan Weber, Gove County Sheriff's Office, KS. Sheriff Weber died on Friday, December 18, 2020, from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while on duty at the Gove County Emergency Operations Center.
Dustin Dierenfeldt
Immediate Past President
Fallen Officers:
Detective Brad D. Lancaster
Kansas City Police Department, Kansas
End of Watch Monday, May 9, 2016
Captain Robert David Melton
Kansas City Police Department, KS
EOW: Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Dustin previously served with the Kansas City Kansas Police Department. As such, he served with Detective Brad D. Lancaster, E.O.W. May 9, 2016, and Captain Robert David Melton, E.O.W. July 19, 2016.