ERIN JORDAN
The Gazette
JARED STRONG
Carroll Times Herald
Jul 10, 2021
Without body cameras, Iowa State Patrol is an outlier among Iowa law enforcement.
State Patrol lags behind roughly 100 Iowa law enforcement agencies that already have body cameras, shown to reduce use-of-force incidents and citizen complaints against police.
CONTRIBUTED
An Iowa State Patrol trooper stops a speeder on Interstate 80 in
Johnson County during an August 2015 special traffic
enforcement.
Iowa State Patrol troopers, who stop more than 150,000 motorists a year, provide security at the state Capitol and staff high-profile events, donât wear body cameras.
The deficiency was obvious after an April 8 protest at the Capitol when troopers arrested a Black high school student on allegations she assaulted an officer.