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• 125 shootings so far, more than 2014's total
• 20 shooting arrests so far
2016 Shots fired calls down slightly from 2015
Quad City Times - Dec. 27, 2016
Davenport police have responded to 150 confirmed reports of shots fired since Jan_ 1, down from
168 in 2015, according to data obtained by the Quad -City Times_
SIOUX CITY POLICE CONFIRM THIRD DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
Sioux City Journal - July 0, 2015
Three drive-by shootings reported Tuesday
Des Moines Register- Dec. 2, 2015
Des Moines police responded to three reports of gunshots that hit houses and cars on the city's east
side_
it's more evidence of an apparent uptick in gun violence since the city's suffered five deaths
during three separate shootings in the past 10 days_
21 Des Moines homicides most since 1990
Des Moines Regis . -
If 2015 seemed like a particularly violent and deadly year for Des Moines, it's because it was.
Gun violence drops in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette -January 22, 2017
Despite the brutal start, Cedar Rapids In 2016 saw Its first drop of shots -fired incidents In three
years. Overall, there were 86 such incidents last year, a 14 percent decrease from 201 Us total of
100.
Importantly, homicides also were down in 2016: four compared with six in 2015 and eight in 2014.
Trio of Cedar Rapids shootings remain under investigation
City has seen 64 shots fired incidents so far this year
Cedar Rapids Gazette — Oct. 23, 2017
Police said when the victim approached Rarey about his insult, Rarey pulled a knife and stabbed the
man twice in the abdomen_ The man was hospitalized for several days due to his Injuries, police
said Rarey admitted to the stabbing.
hours on homicide. attempted murder
There have been three homicide investigations this year From 2010 to 2016. there were two
homicides investigated by Iowa City police_ The last time three homicide investigations took place In
the same year was 2006.
There also have been four attempted murder investigations this year, up from only one in 2016.
2014 WAS A DEADLY YEAR FOR WATERLOO
WatedO0lCedar Falls Courier — March 22, 2015
Crime numbers released by the Waterloo Police Department show 2014 had the highest number of
slayings in 20 years with six people the victim of homicide.
UPDATE: One dead, one injured in Cedar Falls shooting
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier — Nov. 11, 2017
Alex Michael Bullerman, 18, of Waterloo, died at a single gunshot wound after he was found behind
an apartment building at 2303 Olive St.. according to Cedar Fall police.
A short time later, 18 -year-old Dylan James Gehl also of Waterloo, arrived at a hospital by private
vehicle with a single gunshot wound to his lower right leg.
• ICPD enters data on all criminal offenses into a
records management system (RMS)
• Annually report that data to the National
Incident -Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
• NIBRS collects serious crime data from local,
state, and federal agencies
• Group A crimes: serious crimes such as murder, robbery,
sex offenses, burglary, theft, etc
• NIBRS does not collect less serious crimes, but
ICPD does
• Group B: disorderly conduct, OWI, curfew, etc
Aggrav �4A n
124
128
133
115
104
All Other Lameny
440
317
257
408
458
Arson
3
7
5
3
1
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10
0
0
0
0
Brihary
0
0
0
0
1
Burg larylBmaking &Entering
420
357
282
398
299
CounterfeNFomery
104
109
135
86
120
Credit Cardl Fraud
67
101
40
66
128
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0
4
3
DestmctionlDamage'Vandalism of Property
581
542
506
488
628
DruglNarcotic Violations
423
543
422
354
424
Drug Equipment Violations
207
254
206
191
174
Embezzlement
24
15
25
20
17
ExtortionlBlackmail
1
3
5
1
6
False Pretensesl5windle
202
221
258
171
187
Forcible Fondling
28
37
32
28
27
Forcible Rape
55
39
41
52
54
Forcible Sodomy
5
6
0
3
4
Impersonation
1
6
2
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94
Intimidation
74
47
88
61
50
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7
6
6
5
7
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74
95
87
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95
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1
0
1
0
0
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1
0
0
0
0
Peeping Tom
0
0
0
2
3
Pick Pocketing
6
11
15
8
9
PomographylCbscene Material
4
0
7
3
4
Prostitution
4
1
0
1
13
Purse Snatching
1
0
0
1
3
Robbery
41
62
58
34
46
Sex Assault With Object
0
3
0
2
1
Sex Offenses -Non -forcible Incest
0
0
0
1
0
Shoplifting
415
403
389
359
229
Simple Assault
497
543
564
553
646
Statutory Rape
1
1
1
1
2
Stolen Properly Offenses
9
15
17
7
11
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42
60
61
34
30
Thefr from Building
406
483
518
348
288
TheN from Coin Operated Machine
4
7
3
4
4
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172
229
237
357
200
Weapons Law Violation
25
26
31
20
24
Welfare Fraud
0
0
0
1
1
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140
120
100
80
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133
126
174
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* * 2017 - Year to date 12-10-17 unless noted
Statistics compiled by Dubuque PD
Confirmed Shots Fired
Murders
20116*
2017**
2016*
2017**
Davenport
152
146
6
12
Cedar Rapids
77
67
4
4
Waterloo
99
84
3
5
Dubuque
26
19
1
1
Iowa City
24
24
4
4
Ames
3
3
1
1
* 2016 - Full calendar year unless noted
* * 2017 - Year to date 12-10-17 unless noted
Statistics compiled by Dubuque PD
Crime Comparisons in Iowa
sorted by violent crime (2016 FBI)
IOWA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by ON, 2016
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13
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318
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1.944
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7
88
155
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68.470
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56
61
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1.368
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100
216
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3,670
354
19
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59
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292
13
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• Educate the public on preventing crime
• Focused Deterrence
• Increase our interaction and communication with high
rate offenders, gang members and drug sellers
• Social Networking Analysis
• Hard work but fragile work
• Getting entire department involved
• ICPD Strategic Plan to include crime reduction
• Developing a robust and digestible criminal
intelligence system
• Utilizing directed patrols
• Assigned additional staffing to investigations
section
• Made recent arrests for murder, weapons,
burglary, robbery
• Recovered stolen property
• Many times such crimes are committed by
the same individuals
• Community involvement to help solve
crimes
• Requesting two additional police positions
in FY2019 budget
• We are NOT
• Using a "stop everything that moves"
technique
• Using pre -text stops as a primary
investigation tool
• Such techniques deteriorate trust and
legitimacy in policing