October 2025 Edition
By Rich Lockhart
LKPD Chief of Police
Welcome to another edition of The City Beat where we provide you with information to help you feel Safe and Secure. If you are enjoying The City Beat, let us know and if you are not, tell us what we can do to make it better. One of our improvements is the creation of the City Beat web page. Now you can go back and see all the stories from past editions, in one place. This new page will help you keep up with our stories.
In this edition you will learn about our robust Active Shooter training for the community. In our world, violence has become so common. When I was a kid, we did tornado and fire drills because those were the biggest threats. Now we must think about school violence with active shooter drills. Our houses of worship have become another location for violence. Newly promoted Lieutenant Mike Cobb will discuss our community active shooter program.
Artificial Intelligence is making criminal activity sophisticated. With a “scraping” of your voice from social media, AI can create a clone of your voice. This clone can sometimes compromise your banking experience if you use voice recognition for security. Additionally, that phone call can now sound like it is coming from you! Now when your grandmother receives a ransom call, she may think it really is you asking for money. We will provide you with some tips so you can protect yourself from this new fraud scheme.
Taz is going to tell us what it is like being a police dog and you will get to know PO Alexander Sullivan as he answers our five questions.
Lastly, we are starting a new section called, “Off the Clock.” In this section, we will look at what your officers do when they are not at work. For this debut, you will get to learn all about my photography hobby. It’s been something I’ve done for almost my entire life and serves as not only a creative outlet but also a significant stress reliever. I hope you enjoy it. Future editions will feature other unique hobbies of your Lawrence police officers. We are truly a department as unique as the community we serve.
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