Articles Tagged: University of Iowa Department of Public Safety

Iowa City man sets up fake email and social media accounts under UI police detective’s name to harass and retaliate against him for arresting and then testifying at protesters’ trials.

The University of Iowa Police Department has added decals featuring 988, the national suicide and crisis lifeline number, to all its squad cars and Nite Ride vehicles.

An Iowa City man — with an accumulating history of protest-styled political activism — is suing the University of Iowa, its police, and a public records officer for a lack of what he characterized as legally-required transparency around his December police encounter.

A group of pro-Palestinian protesters removed from University of Iowa property earlier this month while setting up a prohibited encampment are asking a court to intervene and declare them constitutionally entitled to assemble and voice their demands and grievances on UI grounds.

A former social worker with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics who was previously charged with the sexual exploitation of a patient is now facing two additional sexual exploitation charges related to a different patient.

Within 30 minutes of a group of pro-Palestinian protesters setting up a small encampment at the University of Iowa’s Hubbard Park just after 7 a.m. Monday morning, UI police were on scene ordering them to leave or be arrested.

University of Iowa police on Thursday morning received a report of a male making threats with a knife on campus, according to a Hawk Alert distributed to students, faculty, and staff.

Editor’s note: A reference to a protester charged Dec. 11 has been changed from the original publication. (Note published 3/18, …

Defendants lose their marbles, but not their (entire) court case

The University of Iowa announced earlier this month it is increasing staffing and expanding boundaries for its Nite Ride service, a service that provides students and staff with free rides in the areas around the university between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Cameras that can read license plates and automatically run them through police databases are becoming more common across the U.S., and raising concerns about privacy. They’ve started to pop up in Iowa in the recent years. The University of Iowa installed 28 cameras this year, and Marshalltown plans to add 32 in the near future.

University of Iowa police are investigating a body found on campus Wednesday morning, although “the death is not believed to be suspicious.”

A former social worker with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was arrested this week on charges he had a sexual relationship with a client.

Computer forensics is a relatively new field in law enforcement, but it’s quickly become one of the most necessary, according to investigators on the Joint Forensic Analysis Cyber Team, or J-FACT, of Johnson County. The team has been busy since it formed in 2021, with its hands in almost every criminal case in the county.

According to an internal audit made public this week, holes throughout the University of Iowa public safety system – including deficiencies with its crime log, timely warnings, staffing, training, and record-keeping – have put the institution at risk of non-compliance with the federal Clery Act.