On the record

Law enforcement report

Lawrence Police have begun providing a daily report of police activity in the city. They said Thursday morning that in the past 24 hours they’d handled:

  • 350 calls
  • 40 reports
  • Four burglaries
  • Four thefts

A tally of auto accidents wasn’t available Thursday.

Burglaries and thefts reported

  • Someone pried the door handle of a car in the 2700 block of Grand Circle and took $1,250 in property, including compact discs and a CD player, police said. It happened between 9 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday.
  • A 21-year-old Kansas University student reported a $1,700 Toshiba laptop computer taken Aug. 30 from a home in the 900 block of Missouri Street.

Emergency calls

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following responses:

Fire calls

  • Gas leak (natural gas or LPG), 2:12 p.m., Wednesday, West 19th Street.
  • Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition, 10:31 a.m., Wednesday, 309 Fallcreek Road.
  • Carbon monoxide incident, 10:29 p.m., Wednesday, 1011 Ind.
  • Authorized controlled burning, 9:50 a.m., Wednesday, 734 W. Fifth St.
  • Gas leak (natural gas or LPG), 9:37 a.m., Wednesday, 3208 Rainier Drive.
  • Construction or demolition landfill fire, 8:28 p.m., Wednesday, 5200 Clinton Parkway.

Lawrence Humane Society

Stray dogs brought to shelter

  • Boxer mix, tan and black, male, 1 year old.
  • Poodle mix, black, male, 1 year old.
  • Rat terrier, tricolored, male, 2 years old.
  • Terrier mix, black and tan, female, 8 months old.
  • Yellow lab, male, 2-3 years old.