Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

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A former employee at the Polk Alternative Education Center was arrested Friday on charges that she provided or indicated she would provide marijuana and vape products to minors.

After police conducted a search and found no threat, an all-clear was given at 1:36 p.m. Wednesday, according to the police department.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Sunday on charges that he entered several people’s garages and stole a vehicle, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Almost two months into his role as Cedar Rapids Police Chief, David Dostal has been busy. Between the day to day work of running the department, he has spent time visiting with community members, attending rallies and traveling to Des Moines to support a bill to regulate the use of traffic cameras.

The Iowa Department of Public Safety has released the name of the man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Saturday night in northeast Cedar Rapids.

The incident unfolded just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday after a man -- identified by the Division of Criminal Investigation as a “suspect” -- asked for officers to respond to his house on 31st Street NE.

The Gazette talked with two leaders of the board to check in on what the panel has been up to since it was created: Chair Arthur Kim, 46, a development officer for the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, and Vice Chair Aaron Eddy, 33, a staff attorney for Linn County Advocate Inc.

Cedar Rapids' police chief joined other law enforcement officials in the state in advocating support for proposed legislation that would regulate the use of automated traffic enforcement cameras on interstates and highways across the state.

David Dostal received his new badge Thursday

State Republican lawmakers this week advanced a bill that would dismantle citizen review boards that probe alleged police misconduct like those established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights and Dubuque.

Five Cedar Rapids officers fired 63 rounds at the driver of a vehicle after he led them on a high-speed chase while firing an AR-15 at them in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. A new report from the Linn County Attorney says those officers were justified in their use of deadly force.

A man was arrested Tuesday after Cedar Rapids police say he led them on a chase across multiple cities that ended when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a ditch off Interstate 80 in Coralville.

Capt. David Dostal’s extensive relationships and frontline, boots-on-the ground policing experience -- from his earlier days as a bicycle patrol officer -- pushed him to the top to become Cedar Rapids’ next police chief, city officials say.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he had multiple explosive devices in his possession.