Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

Two Cedar Rapids speed enforcement cameras that the Iowa Department of Transportation approved for use in October will begin enforcement operations again on Jan. 1.

One person was injured Wednesday night in a shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Two speed enforcement cameras in Cedar Rapids that were nixed last year — along with most traffic enforcement cameras around the state — by the Iowa Department of Transportation will soon start issuing citations again after an appeal to the DOT by the Cedar Rapids Police Department was approved more than a year after it was submitted.

One man was injured in a shooting Saturday in northeast Cedar Rapids, according to a press release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a Thursday afternoon shooting that left one man with injuries that are not life-threatening, according to a press release from the police department.

The second of two juveniles who were arrested Friday after a shooting in Cedar Rapids has been identified after being charged with a felony.

The shots fired incident happened Friday night in the 6600 block of First Avenue West, near the Stoney Point development, adjacent to Cherry Hill Park and close to West Willow Elementary School.

A missing 38-year-old Cedar Rapids man was found dead in or near the edge of the Cedar River on Wednesday night, police said. His family reported him missing on Saturday. Police said his death is under investigation but isn’t considered suspicious.

Two people sustained non-life threatening injuries in the incident at a southeast side bar Tuesday night. Two people were detained following the incident, police said.

No charges will be filed against four Cedar Rapids police officers after an officer-involved shooting in August, according to a report from the Linn County Attorney’s Office which ruled the shooting justified.

Hundreds of people showed up Wednesday when Escucha Mi Voz, an Iowa City nonprofit that champions immigrant rights in Iowa, hosted a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Cedar Rapids to show support for immigrants and to push back against increased ICE arrests.

A Cedar Rapids man is facing charges after police say he attempted to meet up with what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex.

Officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department stood by Tuesday morning to enforce a police-tape barrier outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in the Cedar Rapids Homeland Security building, while hundreds of community members gathered in the street to protest deportations and support immigrants reporting to the office for check-in appointments.

Cedar Rapids Police Lt. Cory McGarvey will be the first director of safety and transportation for Xavier Catholic Schools, overseeing emergency preparedness planning, school safety training and crisis management protocols across all campuses.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened near Johnson STEAM Academy Tuesday afternoon, causing the school to delay student dismissal.