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MEMORANDUM
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February 10, 1997
Mayor and City Council
City Clerk
Council Work Session, February 1, 1997 - 2 p.m. in the Council Chambers
Mayor Naomi J. Novick presiding. Council present: Novick, Baker, Kubby, Lehman, Norton,
Thornberry, Vanderhoef. Staff present: Atkins, Helling, Woito, Karr, Winkelhake, Mitchell,
Dilkes, Holecek. Tapes: 97-19 and 97-20, both sides.
POLICE REVIEW PRESENTATION/OVERVIEW
Reel 97-19, Side
(A more complete transcription is on file in the City Clerk's office.)
Novick explained this meeting is a Council work session with no detailed agenda and there will
be no public comment. Novick noted the meeting will be videotaped and breadcast.
City Manager Atkins stated Council received the police review and police review summary
documents. Those documents were prepared by City Attorney Woito, Police Chief Winkelhake,
and Assistant City Manager Helling.
Atkins stated that at Council's December 17 meeting they directed staff to: 1) compare Iowa
City Police Department policies and procedures with other police departments in Iowa; 2)
summarize, secure information with respect to the training of Iowa City Police personnel; and
3) to answer 60+ questions that were posted by City Council members.
Atkins presented an overview of the Iowa City Police Department and police review document.
Atkins said the police department has 64* budgeted positions, the average age of an Iowa City'
police officer is 38 years, has 12 years of service, and has obtained an educational level of 15
years,
Atkins summarized the procedures and curriculum of the Iowa City Law Enforcement Academy,
the Iowa City Police Department field training, multiagency training systems, and mobile team
in-service training.
Atkins presented an overview of police review, Section 2-Use of Force; Section 3-International
Association of Chiefs of Police Use of Force Model Policy; and Section 4-Building Search.
Atkins noted that the Iowa City Police Department use of force policy and the use of force
comparison charts are attached to the police review document.
*Actual corrected number should be 65.
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CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nov/Thank going to start, with Larry ....
1. Baker/I would like y~o
to ~xp'and on this policy about drav~in~g your weapons. It is my
understanding ~ve ~l,n t have a written policy othe~/fi(an that memo which may or
may not be well knoW~to officers on the beat. ~liy don t we have a wntte
policy? If we don't havO~ inc, how are they t~a[ned with any consistency to respond
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basically the same way. have also bee~(told that other communities have very
stnngent rules that when Dons ar~%j:l(awn, officers are disciplined. Do you
know anything about that?
Atkins/I can recall one instance of a report where an individual indicated
that. And we did get a it up. It was in Minneapolis. That if you
draw your weapon, assigned to administrative duty and that is
not what we learned/~hat was not the tse at all.
Baker/
So how- I gues§Xl~ basic question is you
know what to~do?
Winklehake/Wit~h'~'~'egards to the officer as far as
the officer based upon their perception of what
into O(e Coralville one, there is also a very
nothing that prohibits them from drawing a
have a written policy, how do they
~ons, there is discretion for
are faced with and if you look
that there is
are faced with a
sifuation that they believe is necessary to have a weapon
This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the
meeting of February 1, 1997
~ity council
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