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Tag: Iowa agencies
Patrol
Iowa School Shooter Kills Sixth-Grader, Wounds 5
Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation, said a sixth-grade student at Perry Middle School, which is connected to Perry High School, was killed in the shooting.
January 4, 2024
Special Units
Former Iowa Deputy Expected to Plead Guilty in Death of K-9
The K-9 named "Bear" died last September. The deputy was accused of leaving Bear in his patrol vehicle for 22 hours.
November 14, 2023
Featured
Iowa Officer Loses Fingers Deploying Spike Strip to End Pursuit
The deployment did not go as intended. Windy conditions caused the spikes to blow around and get caught underneath the suspect’s speeding vehicle.
April 17, 2023
Patrol
Iowa Officer Dies After On-Duty Medical Emergency
Sgt. John Williams, a 28-year veteran of the department, died after responding to a call shortly after noon Sunday about 3-year-old Damaria Sanders, who was reported to have been a victim of gunshot wounds suffered in his Coralville home.
July 5, 2022
Patrol
Iowa Deputy Killed in Crash with Farm Combine
Deputy Austin "Melvin" Richardson, 37, was in a 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe patrol vehicle when he collided with a southbound combine on U.S. 275 driven by a Missouri man.
June 16, 2022
Command
Iowa Chief Shot During "Rolling Standoff"
"As we went into effect an arrest, [the suspect] made it back to the weapon, a struggle ensued ... and the chief of the Perry Police Department, Eric Vaughn, was shot in the leg," Infante said at a press conference late Tuesday morning.
May 10, 2022
Patrol
Iowa Officer's Home and Take-Home Car "Targeted" by Shooter
The attack "was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said, in a statement.
April 11, 2022
Patrol
Iowa Trooper Succumbs to Crash Injuries
An Iowa State Patrol trooper has died from injuries he suffered in an Oct. 14 single-vehicle crash while in route to assist the Clayton County Sheriff's Office.
October 21, 2021
Patrol
Iowa Trooper Shot and Killed During Standoff, Suspect in Custody at Hospital
The suspect Michael Thomas Lang ran for sheriff of Grundy County in 2020 and won the Democratic primary with 517 votes.
April 12, 2021
Patrol
Iowa Officer Working Traffic Stop Seriously Injured in Crash
West Des Moines Police Officer Jon Kaufman was waiting for a tow truck as part of a traffic stop near Westown Parkway on Interstate 35 just after midnight Sunday when another vehicle driven by John Schwartz, 61, of Kellogg, crashed into his patrol car.
November 9, 2020
Special Units
Iowa K-9 Successfully Locates Toddler Who Had Wandered Off
Officer Duane Kemna and K-9 Kilo of the Mason City Police Department responded to a call that a child had wandered off into the woods with the family dog. They successfully located the child.
October 26, 2020
Patrol
Iowa Officer Placed on Leave Following Social Media Posts
An officer with the Le Mars (IA) Police Department has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into what some of the citizens there have deemed to be inappropriate posts on social media.
September 14, 2020
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