Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

A’alyiah and Salena Watkins have admired police officers since they were kids, and in February they made history as the first pair of Black sisters at the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

A Cedar Rapids man who pleaded guilty in 2021 to a 2020 robbery at a liquor store has now been charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting that took place 30 minutes before the robbery.

Some residents of Geneva Tower moved back into their apartments Thursday after being displaced for more than a week because of a fire in the downtown Cedar Rapids apartment building.

A Cedar Rapids man who has been charged with first-degree murder in relation to the shooting death of a 15-year-old is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond at the Linn County Jail.

A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested and accused in the July 2021 shooting death of 15-year-old Tyliyah L. Whitis in Cedar Rapids.

Six people were injured at a shooting that broke out at a birthday party in October. Police have suspects, but have yet to press any charges.

Rachel Rockwell’s departure from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation to continue work on Group Violence Intervention with a Central City nonprofit raises questions over the program’s long-term strategy

Among the proposals this year are bills that would require cities to prove there is a public safety need for where they place traffic cameras, and limit enforcement to speeding violations of 20 miles per hour or more over the speed limit and cap the amount of revenue an agency can generate from tickets.

According to the complaint, Green shot at Jackson in the 800 block of Sixth Street SW “with the intent to cause the death of another person.”

The Linn County Attorney’s Office has decided criminal charges are not warranted against a Cedar Rapids Police reserve officer who fired three shots at a man in a vehicle as the man struck the officer with his car Dec. 17.

Police say tensions stemming from pandemic conditions are contributing to a spike in domestic abuse that fueled violent crime in Cedar Rapids in 2021. But the department saw success in reducing gun violence.

A Cedar Rapids man is accused of driving his car toward a police officer who fired his gun at the car. Investigators identified the suspect through video and other evidence found during the investigation, according to police.

A former Cedar Rapids man faces attempted murder charges after a June 25 shooting that injured another man. An argument over a woman led to the incident, police said.

Cedar Rapids Reserve Officer Scott Fruehling, who has been employed with the agency since September 1994, will not perform any police duties while the officer-involved shooting is being investigated, according to a news release.

Cedar Rapids police continue to refuse to share details about an officer-involved shooting Friday that started with an attempted traffic stop and ended with a suspect hitting an officer with a vehicle, prompting the agent to fire.