Former Kan. deputy loses LE license for taking bag of chips, soda from school gym

By Eduardo Castillo
The Wichita Eagle

TOPEKA, Kan. — A former Kansas sheriff’s office was stripped of his law enforcement license after taking a can of soda and chips from a school.

Trending

Less Lethal

Calif. sheriff demonstrates, defends shock gloves after state lawmaker proposes ban

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper said his agency already spent $35,000 to purchase 10 shock gloves, along with 10 shock bands to be placed on an arm or a wrist

August 28, 2026 04:56 PM

Officer-Involved Shootings

L.A. to pay $5.8M to family of man killed in OIS after charging officers with a plastic fork

After LAPD officers hit the man with a less lethal projectile, body-worn camera and surveillance footage showed him move toward the officers while holding the utensil in his hand

August 28, 2026 05:27 PM

Body Camera

BWC: Man strikes Baltimore officer with car while attempting to flee traffic stop before OIS

Drone video of the incident shows an crowd throwing bottles at officers trying to render aid to the wounded suspect

August 28, 2026 05:23 PM

Search and Rescue

Video: Wash. deputies rescue man suspected of setting home on fire

The man allegedly set the fire believing that there were intruders in his home; he also fired gunshots as Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies tried to rescue him

August 29, 2026 08:00 AM

Donn Dunkle worked for Douglas County Sheriff’s Office from May 27, 2008 to Feb. 6, 2024, according to a revocation order from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training, also known as KS-CPOST.

Dunkle did not respond to an opportunity to comment for this story.

The revocation order gave this account:

Dunkle responded to a property check at a school gymnasium on Feb. 1. He entered through an unlocked door and took a can of soda and a bag of chips from a concession area.

He “did not have permission from the school to do so and did not pay for them,” the order says.

The theft was recorded on the school’s security camera.

Dunkle left the door unlocked and did not log the property check or turn on his body camera during the check. He admitted to taking the soda and chips during an internal investigation.

The school did not press criminal charges against him.

___

(c)2024 The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
Visit The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kan.) at www.kansas.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.