The city will buy the former south side YMCA building for $2.5 million to be used as a new training facility for the Des ...

A Des Moines police confrontation with man they say stole a car on the south side ends with him ramming police vehicle, being ...

Through patient listening, understanding and compassion, an officer established a rapport with the man to defuse the crisis.

Des Moines' first Latina police sergeant in the department's 147-year history started Thursday. Yanira Scarlett retired her two-year stint as the Hispanic Outreach Neighborhood Resource Advocate ...

NEXT WEEK. THAT’S COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT OKAY. AND THANK YOU. A DES MOINES POLICE OFFICER WILL NOT FACE CHARGES FOR SHOOTING A MAN IN MARCH. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH ON THE CITY ...

A Des Moines police officer was reasonable in his use of force against a suspect who allegedly violently assaulted him during an arrest in March, Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham has determined.

West Des Moines Police say a missing 13-year-old girl has been found. The information came via email with limited details, ...

Why do more police officers die by suicide than in the line of duty? Matthew Hunter, who was an officer with the Des Moines Police Department for more than two decades, suffers from PTSD after the ...

Court records indicate Derby resided in Omaha. A Des Moines police officer was also shot and critically injured during the incident, though police said it appears he was inadvertently shot by ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP ... He had been stabbed repeatedly. Police spokesman Sergeant Todd Dykstra said Morris is being held in Lincoln awaiting extradition. Police say that in late 2004, a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man is in police custody after leading authorities ... After initially stopping, he drove away as an officer got out of their vehicle. Followed by an Iowa State ...

Iowa cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City must disband citizen review boards that provide oversight of local law ...