HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-31-1998 Articles Cedar Rapids Gagette, Sunday, March 22, 1998
Citizen review board rejects
2 complaints against police
Gazette Johnson County Bureau
IOWA CiTY -- The Police IOWA CITY
Citizens Review Board has dis-
missed two complaints, the officer allowed the man to
One was fried by a man who drive his car home rather than
lodged five complaints this year having it towed.
and last, according to a report
released Friday. The other com- The second man's complaint
plaint is one of four filed during concerns an alleged assault by
the same period by another his neighbor.
man. Neither is identified.
One man alleges that an offi- Both the complainant and his
cer stopped his car without neighbor called police. The com-
probable cause and issued him a plainant told police his neighbor
ticket for driving with an ex- was out jogging and stopped to
p~red driver's license on Jan. 25. poke the complainant in the
The man also claims he was . chest.
subjected to unlawful search
and seizure and harassment dur- The neighbor told police that
i ing the stop. he was out jogging and when
The board concluded the off]- the complainant blocked his
cer, having computer data that way, he ran around him but no
indicated the man's license had threats or touching occurred.
l expired, had probable cause to
stop the car. The officer also The police supported the
had been advised by the man's neighbor's version of events
neighbor that the man was driv- through an analysis of foot-
ing without a license, prints in the snow, according to
The man was not harassed, the report. Details have been
the board determined, adding forwarded to the county attor-
that he was in fact treated gert- ney's office but no decision on
erously. The board noted that charges has been made.
Iowa City Press-Citizen, Saturday, March 21, 1998