Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

Differences have emerged in the four Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates’ stances on equity in policing, the city’s use of speed cameras, and support for marijuana decriminalization.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department says two individuals have non-life threatening injuries following what appears to be a targeted shooting Friday night. No arrests have been made.

While there has been a “modest decrease” in the number of shootings in Cedar Rapids so far this year, the police chief said this is the first time since he was hired in 2012 that he has seen six people injured in just one incident.

Hooded man tried to grab a 2-year-old child off the sidewalk, family said.

Coffee with a Cop provides a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the police department’s work in Cedar Rapids neighborhoods.

No one has come forward to help police identify the assailant or assailants who opened fire Friday night at a birthday party at a southwest quadrant hotel, wounding six people

At 1:40 a.m., emergency responders were dispatched to the southbound lanes of I-380 near the Seventh Street NE exit, following reports of a vehicle driving the wrong direction on the interstate.

Board member Dexter Merschbrock said the amended agreement is a “good first step” but said the board needs to be intentional about reviewing data about the program monthly, which will be provided as a part of the contract.

The ammunition shortage became pronounced across that nation in the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains at the same time that guns purchases soared.

Police said 18-year-old Timothy D. Christmas fired at least seven shots at a vehicle that was occupied by three people. The criminal complaint does not specify whether anyone was injured.

Cedar Rapids middle schools will have no school-designated, full-time police officers if a revised 28E Agreement between the school district and city of Cedar Rapids is approved later this month.

Officers were dispatched to hospital where men arrived with wounds and to call about a fight at around the same time

Police objected to officer removals from McKinley and Roosevelt

Police said Kendall C. Johnson, 36, of Cedar Rapids, stabbed a 35-year-old man at least eight times in the neck, torso and extremities during an altercation last week at a residence in northwest Cedar Rapids.

Police said Jose Florentino Ramirez Landin suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.