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Community Police Review Board: bodycam review finds use-of-force complaint exonerated; board seeks intake clarification
Summary
At the July meeting, staff reported a May–June use-of-force complaint was investigated and listed as exonerated after body-worn camera review; board members asked whether intake staff clarified the complainant’s stated constitutional concerns.
The Community Police Review Board in Lawrence reviewed a use-of-force complaint at its July meeting and heard from department staff that body-worn camera footage did not support allegations of excessive force or a First Amendment violation.
Adam (Speaker 5), presenting the monthly complaint report for May and June 2025, said the incident began as a dispatched report of a battery in progress at Heartland Healthcare. According to Adam, "the body camera evidence did not support the allegation of excessive force…
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