Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

Cedar Rapids Police Department investigator Sarah Lacina is back on TV with a new competition, ‘The Challenge: World Championship,’ streaming its first season now on Paramount+.

Three days after Police Chief Wayne Jerman turned 66 years old on March 4, Iowa Law Enforcement Academy staff emailed Jerman about reaching the maximum age for officers and asked whether he would continue working as a civilian employee.

The city of Cedar Rapids is assessing the certification status of Police Chief Wayne Jerman after he turned 66 this month.

Police have identified the 16-year-old who was shot and killed last Saturday in northwest Cedar Rapids as Michael Alexander McCune of Cedar Rapids.

A former secretary for the Linn County Sheriff’s Office was fired after she allegedly looked up 55 cases — that she had no work-related reason to access — in a shared database between the sheriff’s office and the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

One person was injured Wednesday evening in a shooting in the 1500 block of 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Cedar Rapids School District and Cedar Rapids police officials are optimistic about the impact of contract changes made last summer for school resource officers — despite an increase in student arrests.

At 6:16 p.m., police were made aware of the threat in the automotive service section of the business.

Cedar Rapids police released few details of the shooting, including the boy’s age or the circumstances leading to the gunfire, and did not announce that any arrests had been made in the case.

A man arrested this week on a murder charge shot his victim at least eight times in front of a witness and admitted to the crime, court records released Thursday show.

Iowa lawmakers once again are moving forward a bill that would restrict the ability of cities to use traffic enforcement cameras along state interstates and highways.

Foundation 2 has taken over management of Group Violence Intervention, the community gun violence reduction strategy, but Cedar Rapids officials say the effort continues to see success in keeping people alive and out of jail.

Two people were killed and a third injured Saturday evening in a crash in southwest Cedar Rapids, police said.

Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks released a video Friday afternoon stating that he expects to make a decision regarding charges in the fatal stabbing of Devonna Walker by the end of February.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday in relation to the fatal shooting of Mohamed Tawfik on Jan. 8.