Staffing levels at the Lawrence Police Department have dropped to about where they were 10 years ago, but in the same timeframe, the city’s population has grown significantly.
In addition, rookies make up a growing proportion of LPD’s force, a review by the Journal-World has found. Sworn personnel with about 500 cumulative years of experience have left the department in just the past couple of years. ...
A man was reported to be threatening people with a firearm Friday morning, but arresting officers determined that he had an airsoft pistol in his possession, according to Lawrence police.
Officers were dispatched to the call at 8:33 a.m. Friday in the 1500 block of West 23rd Street, Officer Shawn Gross of the Lawrence Police Department Public Affairs Unit said via email.
“The suspect pointed at several ...
Douglas County Undersheriff Gary Bunting has withdrawn from the race for Douglas County sheriff, he said Friday.
“While I feel that I could have done an outstanding job for our community, its citizens, and our employees; health and family issues take a priority over the campaign,” Bunting said via email Friday.
He is still serving as undersheriff, but he said his role in the future will have to be ...
Questions are still mounting more than a week after Lawrence city leaders agreed to pay more than $100,000 to the outgoing police chief, despite no contractual obligation to do so.
The Lawrence City Commission on May 19 approved an agreement to pay outgoing Lawrence Police Chief Gregory Burns Jr. a minimum of $106,805, representing nine months’ worth of his salary, as a “separation payment.” Depending on ...
Someone reportedly stole an estimated $1,400 worth of lawn equipment from a garage at the University of Kansas chancellor’s residence Thursday, according to Deputy Chief James Anguiano of the KU Public Safety Office.
The equipment, including a weed trimmer and leaf blower belonging to KU Facilities Services, was taken from a detached garage to the rear of the home sometime between 4 a.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday, ...
Although the global coronavirus pandemic has halted some court proceedings indefinitely and people awaiting jury trials are still looking at a distant horizon, some newfound efficiencies are likely here to stay.
As much of the county has moved toward reopening and resuming at least some sense of normalcy, on one hand, the Douglas County District Court has kept a slower pace; on the other, it’s leapt into the ...
