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Waterloo Police Department (Iowa)
The Waterloo Police Department is the municipal police department for the city of Waterloo Waterloo most commonly refers to: * Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat * Waterloo, Belgium, where the battle took place. Waterloo may also refer to: Other places Antarctica *King George Island (S ..., Iowa. The department currently consists of a staff of 120 sworn officers and 11 civilians. Since 1868 there have been 12 Marshals and 21 Police Chiefs for the City of Waterloo. The former Chief, Dan Trelka has been with the department since September 2009 and was appointed Director of Safety Services, the following year. The mission of the Waterloo Police Department is to protect, serve, work together with the community to prevent crime and enhance the quality of life in the city's neighborhoods. The department is located at 715 Mulberry Street, and shares a building with the Mayor, City Attorney, City Clerk, and Code Enforcement. The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing. Police forces are usually public sector services, funded through taxes. Law enforcement is only part of policing activity. Policing has included an array of activities in different situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 67,314, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. The city is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two cities. History Waterloo was originally known as Prairie Rapids Crossing. The town was established near two Meskwaki American tribal seasonal camps alongside the Cedar River. It was first settled in 1845 when George and Mary Melrose Hanna and their children arrived on the east bank of the Red Cedar River (now just called the Cedar River). They were followed by the Virden and Mullan families in 1846. Evidence of these earliest families can still be found in the street names Hanna Boulevard, Mullan Avenue and Virden Creek. On December 8, 1845, the ''Iowa State Register and Waterloo Herald'' was the first newspaper published in Waterloo. The name Waterloo supplanted the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy transitioned to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production. Iowa is the 26th most extensive in total area and the 31st most populous of the 50 U.S. states, with a populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Law Enforcement Agencies In Iowa
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Iowa. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 392 law enforcement agencies employing 5,830 sworn police officers, about 195 for each 100,000 residents. Federal Agencies * Office of the United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa * Office of the United States Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa * Department of Veterans Affairs State agencies * Iowa Department of Corrections ** Division of Parole * Iowa Department of Natural Resources Enforcement * Iowa Department of Public Safety ** Iowa State Division of Criminal Investigation ** Iowa State Division of Narcotics Enforcement ** Iowa State Fire Marshal ** Iowa State Patrol * Iowa Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Enforcement County agencies * Adair County Sheriff's Office * Adams County Sheriff's Office * Allamakee County Sheriff's Office * Appa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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