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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 O'Connor 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 O'Connor not guilty of interference with law enforcement, and a Douglas County District Court case was dismissed in 2020 after a defense attorney questioned Williams' veracity. An officer who has been accused of ...

Staff Report photo by: Orlin Wagner Big Jay shows off his face mask during the Jayhawks' football game against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. 2020 will always be remembered as the year of the coronavirus pandemic, which, to date, has infected nearly 20 million Americans and killed more than 340,000, including more than 2,500 Kansans. It will be the story of 2021 as well, and for many of us, the story of our lifetimes. The deadly virus not only relentlessly dominated headlines for 10 months of the year but also affected virtually every aspect...

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World File Photo Lawrence Police Department vehicles are pictured during the University of Kansas Homecoming Parade in this file photo from Sept. 27, 2018. Story updated at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday: The Lawrence Police Department is rolling out its Special Victims Unit, or SVU, that will focus primarily on cases of physical abuse — specifically, crimes against children, crimes of a sexual nature and domestic violence, according to a news release. “LKPD has deliberately focused on the development of the SVU for over a year, and its implementation is a testament to...

Police announce new Special Victims Unit to tackle physical abuse, sex crimes and crimes against children LKPD says it has focused on the development of the SVU for over a year. It says the addition is part of the department’s commitment to a survivor-focused philosophy. The primary focus of the SVU will be cases involving physical abuse such as crimes against children, crimes of a sexual nature, and those involving domestic violence. The LKPD says it will incorporate trauma-informed best practices that leverage its continued partnership with the Willow Victim Advocate, the incoming Douglas...

photo by: Mike Yoder Capt. Anthony Brixius, interim Lawrence police chief, left, speaks during an opening ceremony for the department's new headquarters at 5100 Overland Drive, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Wearing dress uniforms complete with white gloves, Lawrence police department command staff unfolded the U.S. flag and sent it slowly up the flagpole in front of the department’s new headquarters Monday, officially marking the building’s opening. In the crowd gathered along the road in front of the nearly $20 million headquarters were former police chiefs, city staff members, city commission...