photo by: Douglas County Sheriff's Office

David Shane Williams, pictured in February 2020

The law enforcement certification of a former Lawrence police officer has been revoked by the state licensing agency.

The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training revoked the certification of David Shane Williams on Oct. 24, and the order recently became final.

Williams, 35, of De Soto, was charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of unlawful acts with a computer and one misdemeanor count of official misconduct of an officer. He entered a diversion agreement on the charges on Oct. 3, as the Journal-World reported.

In the diversion agreement, Williams agreed to the factual basis of the charges that in March and April of 2019, when he was an officer, he used his personal computer multiple times to access the police database to get information for his own private benefit to cause harm to a person with whom he was in a child custody dispute.

He resigned from the Lawrence Police Department in 2019 a few weeks after being placed on administrative leave. He had been employed there since the fall of 2015.

Law enforcement officers are not eligible for certification if they have been convicted of a crime that would constitute a felony, a misdemeanor involving domestic violence or a misdemeanor that reflects on “honesty, trustworthiness, integrity or competence.” A conviction includes diversion agreements.

Revocation of the certificate prevents a person from serving in law enforcement in the state.