Friday, August 12, 2005
People were always afraid of Caitlin Shanks’ dad during high school. Now it pays to be a police officer’s child.
Representatives of three law enforcement associations presented the John Foster Memorial College Scholarship for 2005 to Shanks, Lawrence freshman, last Thursday during a special ceremony in the Lawrence Police Department’s Investigation and Training Center, 4820 Bob Billings Parkway.
Shanks is the second recipient of the scholarship, presented annually to a child of an active full-time Kansas law enforcement officer for use at an accredited Kansas college.
The $2,100 scholarship honors the late John Foster, Lenexa chief of police until 1991 and sheriff of Johnson County at the time of his death on March 6, 2003. Foster was a member of Kansas law enforcement agencies for almost 40 years.
Shanks plans to apply the scholarship to tuition at the University of Kansas, where she will study English and political science, she said.
Photo by Justin O'Neal
Lawrence Freshman Catlin Shanks recieves the John Foster Memorial College Scholarship Thursday at the Lawrence Police Department. The scholarship is awarded to children of active full-time Kansas law enforcement officers.
Shanks hopes to attend law school and become a human rights lawyer, she said.
“I don’t want to be one of those lawyers who deals with Botox,” Shanks said.
Larry Welch, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, required the six finalists to submit a letter of recommendation from a law enforcement official. After an interview, Ron Olin, Lawrence chief of police, endorsed her.
“The scholarship is given to those who will excel in higher education, and after speaking with Caitlin, I knew she would,” Olin said.
Acceptance of the scholarship does not obligate Shanks to pursue a career related to law enforcement, Olin said.
“I’m really excited,” Shanks said. “This is a huge honor.”
Foster was a member of the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, the Kansas Peace Officers Association and the Kansas Sheriff’s Association, all of which raised the scholarship funds internally and without public funding, said Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department spokesman.
Shanks earned a cumulative 4.0 grade point average from Lawrence High School in 2005. She received three other scholarships: the Bob and Marlene Whittaker Leadership Scholarship, the Lawrence Education Association Scholarship and a Fraternal Order of Police scholarship.
- Edited by Patrick Ross
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