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Lawrence Police Department

City agencyKS0230100NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020

Douglas County, Kansas

Serves ~98,448 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Lawrence Police Department is the primarily law enforcement agency responsible for policing services in the city of Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Since its formation the LPD has become a professional police department with various subdivisions and has also seen moderation in recent years. The department currently has 138 commissioned officers and 41 civilians.

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI KS0230100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Homicide: victim & offender age · 14 victims, 15 offenders
Victim sex
Male11 (79%)
Female3 (21%)
Victim race
White10 (77%)
Black or African American3 (23%)
Weapons involved
Handgun7 (54%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument2 (15%)
Motor Vehicle/Vessel1 (8%)
Rifle1 (8%)
Firearm1 (8%)
Personal Weapons1 (8%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk5 (36%)
Residence/Home5 (36%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage2 (14%)
Camp/Campground1 (7%)
Other/Unknown1 (7%)
Victim–offender relationship
Stranger6 (35%)
Acquaintance6 (35%)
Offender2 (12%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend1 (6%)
Friend1 (6%)
Otherwise Known1 (6%)
Co-occurring offenses
Aggravated Assault2 (100%)

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
138
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
26
Part-time civilian
5
Total FT employees
164
Population served
98,448
Operating budget
$27,879,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201314747$16,000,000
200713432$13,598,739
200313532$11,127,508
200011624$7,841,824
199911222
199711022
199310437

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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