LAWRENCE The newly formed Lawrence Critical Response Team will meet to discuss a critical incident for the very first time following Wednesday's deadly officer-involved shooting. The team aims to provide more transparency to the community.

More than a dozen Lawrence residents are now part of a new initiative aimed at increasing trust between the police and the public.

The push for transparency isnt new it was something Mayor Deb Whitfield addressed during her state of the city address.

Those calls came after a video circulated showing officers involved in an altercation while attempting to detain a man in a Walmart parking lot.

When I hear the community speaking up, I believe in transparency, Whitfield said to WRTV in an interview back in June. We are in the early stages of developing

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