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Safe and Secure

Lawrence is a community where all people feel safe and secure and have access to trusted public and community-based safety resources.

Progress Indicators

To realize our Vision for Lawrence, we endeavor to achieve this outcome. As such, the City Commission has identified several Progress Indicators to track progress towards this outcome. The Progress Indicators are listed below.

Community Engagement

Strategies:

  • Provide community education and engagement on support services before, during and after traumatic events.
  • Evaluate public safety processes for opportunities to enhance environmental management practices.

Efficient and Effective Processes

Strategies:

  • Use community empowerment and education to eliminate, reduce and respond to events, trends and activities that pose the greatest threat to safety and security.
  • Enhance partnerships and programs community-wide to protect and enhance public health, including physical, behavioral and mental health.
  • Enhance our partnerships with community organizations and governmental agencies to 1) reduce instances of sexual and domestic violence incidents and 2) respond to and assist victims through their recovery.
  • Train and equip personnel to skillfully support mental, behavioral, and physical well-being of community members.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively responid to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.

Strategies:

  • Use community empowerment and education to eliminate, reduce and respond to events, trends and activities that pose the greatest threat to safety and security.
  • Enhance partnerships and programs community-wide to protect and enhance public health, including physical, behavioral and mental health.
  • Enhance our partnerships with community organizations and governmental agencies to 1) reduce instances of sexual and domestic violence incidents and 2) respond to and assist victims through their recovery.
  • Train and equip personnel to skillfully support mental, behavioral, and physical well-being of community members.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively responid to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.

Strategies:

  • Use community empowerment and education to eliminate, reduce and respond to events, trends and activities that pose the greatest threat to safety and security.
  • Enhance partnerships and programs community-wide to protect and enhance public health, including physical, behavioral and mental health.
  • Enhance our partnerships with community organizations and governmental agencies to 1) reduce instances of sexual and domestic violence incidents and 2) respond to and assist victims through their recovery.
  • Train and equip personnel to skillfully support mental, behavioral, and physical well-being of community members.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively responid to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.

Strategies:

  • Enhance partnerships and programs community-wide to protect and enhance public health, including physical, behavioral and mental health.
  • Provide rapid, skilled and appropriate response to Part 1 offenses, domestic violence and other serious, time-critical incidents.
  • Enhance or establish partnerships and collaboration with existing communty organizations, governmental agencies, healthcare providers and schools with a focus on increasing awareness of and access to resources that will impact trends and reduce repeated incidents.
  • Train and equip personnel to skillfully support mental, behavioral, and physical well-being of community members.

Strategies:

  • Use community empowerment and education to eliminate, reduce and respond to events, trends and activites that pose the greatest threat to safety and security.
  • Promote prevention information and provide rapid and skilled emergency response to control the spread of fire.

Strategies:

  • Use community empowerment and education to eliminate, reduce and respond to events, trends and activites that pose the greatest threat to safety and security.
  • Provide rapid and skilled emergency responde to cardiac arrest events..

Equity and Inclusion

Strategies:

  • Establish a baseline, identify gaps and develop activites to improve health impacts to all marginalized identities within the community. Prepare and provide community-based education and solutions based upon the gathered data.
  • Enhance or establish partnerships and collaboration with existing community organizations, governmental agencies, healthcare providers and schools with a focus on increasing awareness of and access to resources that will impact trends and reduce repeated incidents.

Strategies:

  • Establish a baseline, identify gaps and develop activities to improve health impacts to all marginalized identities within the community. Prepare and provide community-based education and solutions based upon the gathered data.
  • Enhance or establish partnerships and collaboration with existing community organizations, governmental agencies, healthcare providers and schools with a focus on increasing awareness of and access to resources that will impact trends and reduce repeated incidents.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and support the investigation of incidents involving a child in need of care (CINC) or other incidents falling under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

Strategies:

  • Provide community education and engagement on support services before, during and after traumatic events.
  • Develop a strong, reliable and integrated system of volunteer and community resources.
  • Maximize use of civilian capabilities to make deployment of specialized and highly technical personnel more efficient.
  • Evaluate public safety processes for opportunities to enhance environmental management practices.

Strategies:

  • Use community empowerment and education to eliminate, reduce and respond to events, trends and activities that pose the greatest threat to safety and security.
  • Enhance our partnerships with community organizations and governmental agencies to 1) reduce instances of sexual and domestic violence incidents and 2) respond to and assist victims through their recovery.
  • Provide rapid, skilled and appropriate response to Part 1 offenses, domestic violence and other serious, time-critical incidents.
  • Establish a baseline, identify gaps and develop activities to improve health impacts to all marginalized identities within the community. Prepare and provide community-based education and solutions based upon the gathered data.
  • Enhance or establish partnerships and collaboration with existing community organizations, governmental agencies, healthcare providers and schools with a focus on increasing awareness of and access to resources that will impact trends and reduce repeated incidents.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and support the investigation of incidents involving a child in need of care (CINC) or other incidents falling under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Department for Children and families.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.

Sound Fiscal Stewardship

Strategies:

  • Develop a strong, reliable and integrated system of volunteer and community resources.
  • Reduce redundancy with other safety agencies, City departments and communtiy resources.
  • Maximize use of civilian capabilities to make deployment of specialized and highly technical personnel more efficient.
  • Evaluate public safety processes for opportunities to enhance environmental management practices.

Engaged and Empowered Teams

Strategies:

  • Maximize use of civilian capabilities to make deployment of specialized and highly technical personnel more efficient.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.
  • Develop, refine and promote activites related to employee career development and succession planning.
  • Provide safe environments and programs that promote and encourage the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of City employees.
  • Compensate and reward employees so they can focus on complex and long-term outcomes that serve our community.
  • Build trust throughout all levels of the oganization by encouraging feedback and creating open, two-way communication.
  • Recognize our successes through open appreciation.
  • Create a welcoming environment with space for autonomy, innovation and continuous improvement where all members of the organization can discover their purpose.

Strategies:

  • Maximize use of civilian capabilities to make deployment of specialized and highly technical personnel more efficient.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.
  • Develop, refine and promote activities related to employee career development and succession planning.
  • Provide safe environments and programs that promote and encourage the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of City employees.
  • Compensate and reward employees so they can focus on complex and long-term outcomes that serve our community.
  • Build trust throughout all levels of the organization by encouraging feedback and creating open, two-way communication.
  • Recognize our successes through open appreciation.
  • Create a welcoming environment with space for autonomy, innovation and continuous improvement where all members of the organization can discover their purpose.

Strategies:

  • Promote prevention information and provide rapid and skilled emergency response to control the spread of fire.
  • Provide rapid and skilled emergency response to cardiac arrest events.
  • Provide rapid, skilled and appropriate response to Part 1 offenses, domestic violence and other serious, time-critical incidents.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and support the investigation of incidents involving a child in need of care (CINC) or other incidents falling under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
  • Train and equip personnel to skillfully support mental, behavioral, and physical well-being of community members.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents related to Part 1 offenses.
  • Train and equip personnel to effectively respond to and investigate incidents involving sexual and domestic violence.

Strategies:

  • Promote prevention information and provide rapid and skilled emergency response to control the spread of fire.
  • Provide rapid and skilled emergency response to cardiac arrest events.
  • Provide rapid, skilled and appropriate response to Part 1 offenses, domestic violence and other serious, time-critical incidents.
  • Train and equip personnel to skillfully support mental, behavioral, and physical well-being of community members.

Environmental Sustainability