By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Director of the Missouri Western Law Enforcement Academy and long tenured law enforcement officer Joseph N King has died.
King served as a law enforcement officer for 30 years with the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, the St. Joseph Police Department, and the Platte County Sheriff's Office. Most recently King became the director of the Missouri Western Law Enforcement Academy when he became the director in 2021.
In a statement from Missouri Western President Elizabeth Kennedy, Kennedy notes the impact King had on the Law Enforcement Academy in his tenure.
"In his brief tenure, Commander King had a huge impact. Recent LEA classes were larger than they have been in years, with more than 50 law enforcement officers beginning their career in the last year and a half."
The family of Joseph King is currently sharing a go fund me that can be found HERE. King was 51 years old.