How war comes home Back in June 2014, when Lonny Pulkrabek’s office acquired a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle colloquially known as an “MRAP” without soliciting input from any of the Johnson County’s public officials or the public itself, Lonny went on a media tour to “sell” the freshly repainted military vehicle…

Last updated: 10:57pm August 24, 2020 UPDATE: Checkout the candidates’ answers to our questions here: https://icpdwatch.us/2020-policing-issues-questionnaire What would be your priorities for funds allocation within the ICPD budget if the money allocated to the ICPD by the City Council were to be cut by 50%? …

Iowa City is in the final phase of selecting its new Chief of Police. Meet the three finalists. As you might have heard, Iowa City is looking for a new Chief of Police. In fact, the search has been narrowed down to three finalists, which the public had an opportunity…

Last updated: 10:51pm Nov 12, 2016 What is your opinion on the “War on Drugs”? What is your view on the role of the Community Police Review Board in investigating citizen complaints about police misconduct? …

Absolutely no car, and yes, his hands were in fact on his head. On Sep 12th, in a sickening display of excessive force and poor judgement, the UI police unlawfully stopped, detained, and violently assaulted Grayson Scogin, a University of Iowa student, who has not committed any crime and was…

Sample letter/call script to Johnson County Attorney’s office (319-339–6100, jlyness@co.johnson.ia.us) Hi — I’m a Johnson County voter calling/writing in reference to the Sep 12th arrest of Grayson Scogin. On Sep 12th, in a sickening display of excessive force and poor judgement, the UI police unlawfully stopped, detained, and violently assaulted…

University of Iowa Police violently handcuff a student for reaching into his pockets “My hands are behind my head” — that’s what Grayson Scogin, a student at the University of Iowa, kept repeating over and over again, as one, then two, then three, then four cops piled up on top…

For immediate release Iowa City, Iowa — Robert Smith, an Iowa City citizen behind the viral video of the 9/6/14 ICPD raid at 40 S. Johnson St., will be attending the Iowa City’s Sept 16th City Council meeting to deliver a statement regarding the planned purchase of body cameras for our local police force. ### Questions? Email us at team@ICPDwatch.us

You’d hope that when a video showing seemingly unwarranted use of force and an apparent assault on the 4th and the 1st amendment rights by the police goes viral, a response from the Serve & Protect department would be to launch an internal investigation into the incident, and issue of…