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The Lawrence Police Department unveiled the new police headquarters located in West Lawrence in December of last year, vacating their previous headquarters and downsizing their Bob Billings Parkway location. The new headquarters, located at 5100 Overland Drive, is the result of the City Commission’s Capital Improvement Program, a five-year program that identifies community needs and funding to address those needs.  “What this [new building] has allowed us to do is consolidate our o...

Today Windy with a mix of clouds and sun. High 81F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.. Tonight A few clouds. Low around 60F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Updated: April 5, 2021 @ 2:36 pm

Staff report A Lawrence Police Department vehicle is seen in this file photo from September 2018. Lawrence police are investigating a possible stabbing that occurred early Friday. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said police responded to a report of a stabbing in the 1500 block of West 22nd Terrace shortly after midnight, where they found a woman who had been stabbed with an unknown object. The woman was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, Compton ...

A 41-year-old Lawrence woman is dead as the result of a homicide, according to Lawrence police. Police learned of a possible homicide when they were contacted

Staff Report A Lawrence Police Department vehicle is seen in this file photo from September 2018. Police are investigating a reported shooting that injured a man Thursday evening in south-central Lawrence. Officers were called to the 1700 block of West 24th Street shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday and found a man with “an apparent gunshot wound,” Lawrence police spokesperson Patrick Compton said in an email. Emergency radio traffic monitored by the Journal-World’s reporting partner Operation ...

A Lawrence Police Department vehicle is seen in this file photo from September 2018. Story updated at 5:34 p.m. Monday: Lawrence police called in assistance for possible explosives that officers found during a search of a home Monday, according to a department spokesperson. Officers were executing a search warrant at a home near the intersection of Kasold Drive and Harvard Road when they found what they believed could be “unexploded military ordnance,” said Patrick Compton, spokesperson fo...

Dayson Gage Kelley, pictured in February 2020 A man who officers believed was readying a semi-automatic assault rifle around closing time in a popular Lawrence bar district was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in prison. The judge told him that he or police officers could have lost their lives, and “that is something that none of us can stomach thinking about.” Dayson G. Kelley, 19, of Topeka, was arrested in the early hours of Friday, Feb. 28, after Lawrence police officers Joshua Doncouse...

LAWRENCE, Kan. — An Lawrence police officer who has been accused of fracturing a skateboarder’s elbow during an arrest has resigned. The Lawrence Journal World reports that Brad Williams’ resignation took effect Jan. 6. Police spokesperson Patrick Compton did not indicate a reason for the resignation. Williams arrested 45-year-old Duc Tran, of Lawrence, after encountering him skateboarding in the street in June 2019. The case against Tran’ later was thrown out, and his attorney alleges ...

Kansas officer accused of injuring skateboarder resigns Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Saturday, January 16, 2021 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - An Lawrence police officer who has been accused of fracturing a skateboarder’s elbow during an arrest has resigned. The Lawrence Journal World reports that Brad Williams’ resignation took effect Jan. 6. Police spokesperson Patrick Compton did not indi...

photo by: Contributed Photos These still frame images from surveillance video at the Jayhawk Cafe around midnight Feb. 4, 2018, show an interaction between Jameson OConnor and former Lawrence police officers Brian Wonderly and Brad Williams. Both officers were accused of untruthfulness in their reports and testimony in the 2018 Lawrence Municipal Court case in which the judge found OConnor not guilty of interference with law enforcement, and a Douglas County District Court case was dismissed in...