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The Iowa Supreme Court says police departments can keep investigative reports secret even after an inquiry is done.
The ruling could be used by municipalities to justify withholding a range of documents, including video, from the public and media.
The court ruled Friday that an exemption to the Iowa Open Records Act for police reports does not apply only to ongoing investigations. Instead, the ruling says lawmakers intended to treat those reports — which often include video from police cameras, audio of 911 calls and other records — as confidential indefinitely.
A Southern Iowa woman is part of a canine search and rescue team that will likely be deployed to Nebraska to help with flood recovery.
Robin Greubel (Groo-buhl) of Lucas is part of a group of volunteers who are often called with little notice ..
0405 Greubel one: 16 criminal cases ( we do that in a variety of different capacities whether it’s in a disaster or a lost or missing person such as a hunter or even, we work with law enforcement to work on criminal cases)
Greubel says depending on the assignment there could be as little as two or as many as 95 canine handlers on the scene. She says volunteers on average spend between 5 and 10 thousand dollars of their own money each year to keep their dogs certified.