Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

Two people were arrested Thursday on human trafficking charges after police say they brought a minor from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids and forced her into prostitution.

Police in Eastern Iowa are seeing an increase this year in calls for service related to toy guns, especially gel blasters — fake guns that shoot small gel balls.

A federal judge declared a mistrial when a jury in June deadlocked over whether a K-9 officer used excessive force when he deployed his dog on a 13-year-old boy who was misidentified as being involved in a stolen car incident in August 2020.

The Cedar Rapids Fire Department saw a slight increase in fireworks related calls between July 1 and July 5 this year, compared with last year. But the calls are still down from previous years.

Local families still waiting for their loved ones’ murders to be solved support the Iowa Attorney General’s Office setting up a statewide cold case unit. The new unit, announced last month, was being touted Tuesday in Cedar Rapids.

With input from bar owners, Cedar Rapids Police Chief David Dostal said police are more proactively patrolling downtown and have put in place other measures to address public safety issues around downtown bars on weekend nights. Have these steps worked?

The Cedar Rapids Police Department has arrested seven people as part of an operation targeting people who attempt to engage in sexual activities with minors, according to a news release from the department.

The sister of Josh Wellman, 35, of Cedar Rapids, makes a plea for any information - ‘any clue’ - of where to find her brother’s body.

The agreement for school resource officers in Cedar Rapids schools remains largely unchanged after the City Council and school board this week approved keeping an officer stationed at five schools.

A high speed chase that started in Johnson County Sunday ended with a small fire in Cedar Rapids when a Cedar Rapids Police vehicle crashed into a gas station, according to the 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.