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Lawrence police officers fielded questions about privacy and cooperation with federal agencies at an event Wednesday night focused on the department’s use of a controversial camera registration and integration program.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence Police Department will soon host an event to talk to residents about Connect Lawrence, a controversial camera surveillance program the department rolled out in July without community input.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Local law enforcement agency heads spoke about ICE activity, data collection, biased policing and more at a panel Saturday, saying they stand with the community and that Lawrence’s law enforcement is “not the national narrative.”
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Douglas County-area law enforcement and first responders have joined a Blue Envelope program to help them better serve people who may respond to emergencies differently from the way officers are expecting.
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Spokespeople for the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said that neither agency was involved in Tuesday’s ICE sightings and arrests, nor did they know they were coming.
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Lawrence advocates have drafted an ordinance that aims to create safeguards for the police department’s new system that asks locals to register their security cameras on a list or integrate them for realtime access by police.
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Lawrence city commissioners directed the police chief Tuesday to work with community members to implement safeguards with the use of advanced surveillance camera integration and technology.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will hear a presentation from Lawrence police about the initiative underway to integrate private surveillance cameras across the city and the long-term goal to launch a “Real Time Operations Center.”
Since 2020, Lawrence has gone from staffing three animal control officers to one, and pressure has mounted for the Lawrence Humane Society and the public to fill in the coverage gaps.
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More than 20 public commenters railed against Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday night for approving a camera integration program the police department rolled out last month without public input.
