LKPD Consultant Findings and Recommendations Roadmap

The City of Lawrence retained Citygate Associates, LLC to conduct a comprehensive management study for the Lawrence Police Department. The City’s purpose for this study was to produce a report to aid development of a Departmental strategic plan and transformation of the Department in response to changing operational needs, community expectations, and the national discussion around policing and race relations.

Citygate’s assessment includes a detailed analysis of every service delivered by the Department, covering its internal support services, community relations, and community oversight. Citygate performed a data-driven review of the existing deployment system, scheduling, and staffing. Citygate reviewed response time, crime, and call data that drive Patrol staffing recommendations.

Overall, there are 60 key findings and 75 specific action item recommendations. These findings and recommendations are presented throughout the body of this report and there is also a complete and sequential list of all findings and recommendations in Section 11. It must be understood that this is a deep technical review of a large agency and as such, the quantity of findings does not note severity, but rather “best practices tune-up advice” for many of the topics addressed.

Each assessment area below provides a roadmap to progress on the findings and recommendations of the report, with the numbered findings and recommendations corresponding to those of the report, for viewers who seek more context on the findings and recommendations in the report.

Each recommendation is then tied to Police Department action and status updates on this action through a progress section. These pages will be updated on an ad-hoc basis as the Department takes action.