Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism (https://iowawatch.org/lr-tags/law-enforcement/)
Muscatine County’s sheriff has violated federal law by denying records and access to employees who delivered multiple Taser jolts to a mentally disabled woman in an effort to force her to change her clothes, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. The Register has written a series of investigative reports on the incident.
Source: The Des Moines Register
Posted on: March 13, 2014
Iowa law enforcement agencies are unwilling to chase fugitives across a state border in about one out of five cases, according to a joint investigation by The Des Moines Register and USA TODAY into how aggressively suspects are pursued when they flee a jurisdiction to avoid justice. Fugitives from Iowa who have fled across state lines include some wanted for sexual assault, aggravated assault and robbery.
Source: Des Moines Register and USA TODAY
Posted on: March 12, 2014
A two-year-old state law on gun permits allows registered sex offenders to obtain a weapons permit, something which has surprised some state lawmakers and worried some law enforcement officers.
Source: The Des Moines Register
Posted on: May 7, 2013