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DEI ban in Iowa halts Des Moines' efforts to hire more female police officers
Des Moines is pulling out of a national program that aims to recruit and retain more women police officers because of the new ...
City of Des Moines ends participation in national initiative to increase number of female police officers
DES MOINES, Iowa — The city of Des Moines is ending it's participation in a national initiative to bring more women into the ...
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A Des Moines police sergeant has a history of excessive force. Protesters ask: Why is he still there?
Dustin Burnikel was visiting Des Moines for an Iowa high school state wrestling tournament in 2013 with his family. After he watched his nephew finish his match late in the evening, Burnikel went ...
Des Moines police talk a man from the ledge of the top floor of a downtown parking ramp
Through patient listening, understanding and compassion, an officer established a rapport with the man to defuse the crisis.
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How the Des Moines Police Department is trying to attract more women to the force
Future officer Quinn Martin beginning her journey to being a police officer Quinn Martin, 21, of Des Moines, has always known she wants to be a police officer. "I've always been interested in law ...
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Des Moines police: Suspect shot by officers has died
Green shot one officer in the arm and another in the head. returned fire, killing Green." Two Des Moines police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in November's deadly shooting of an ...
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Des Moines shooting: Officer in serious condition, but stable, officials say
BIT, BEN. OKAY. AND WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU. NOW BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS THAT DES MOINES POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THIS MORNING ON THE CITY’S SOUTH SIDE.
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Suspicious package interrupts prayer vigil for Afghan refugees
An unidentified man at the rally left a package on a nearby ledge, leading to the involvement of K-9 crews, the bomb squad ...
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Des Moines officer was ‘legally justified’ in March shooting of assault suspect, county attorney says
Jose Daniel Rodriguez-Sanchez, 19, was shot by Senior Police Officer Chad Ruroden of the Des Moines Police Department on March 20th, as police investigated the alleged assault of a woman in the ...
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Suspect dead, Des Moines police officer accidentally wounded by friendly fire
BUT THEY BELIEVE HE WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON WHO A Des Moines police officer has been shot and a suspect is dead after an exchange of gunfire early Tuesday morning on the city's south ...
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Des Moines police officer shot in the head last week walks out of hospital
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Des Moines police officer who was shot in the head last week is now out of the hospital. It happened on Sept. 16 when Des Moines Police Officers Cade Moritz and Jacob ...
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Des Moines police officer hit by 'friendly fire' Tuesday remains hospitalized
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines police officer remains hospitalized after he was shot Tuesday morning, the department said in a press release. Officers responded to a report of a domestic ...