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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, or KBI is the criminal investigative arm of the state of Kansas. The agency was established in 1939 by the Kansas Legislature, and is a division of the state's Attorney General^[1]. Among the KBI's responsibilities are providing investigative and criminal laboratory services to criminal justice agencies, as well as investigating and preventing crime in the state of Kansas^[2]. Robert Blecha is the current director of the KBI^[3].

The KBI has 85 special agents and 150 civilian employees^[4].

The KBI was the primary agency involved in the murder investigation chronicled in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.

Office locations

The KBI maintains offices at the following locations^[4].

Headquarters

• Topeka

Regional offices

• Overland Park
• Great Bend
• Wichita
• Pittsburg (Southeast Kansas Drug Enforcement Taskforce)

References

1. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation - History
2. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Mission
3. ^ Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Directors
4. ^ ^{a b} Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Administrative Structure

External links

• Kansas Bureau of Investigation official website