At a better time. Donell rivers was at this waterloo church, thursday, to learn. What youre looking at is area law enforcements most recent attempt to mend a strained relationship between people and police in the town of 62thousand. Nat event its here, cops and residents role play scenarios, like a traffic stop, to learn from each other. Donell brought his daughter. She needs to see her dad involved in prosocial activities with the police so she knows what theyre here for and why their roles are. The event comes as Tensions Mount following multiple incidents between white officers and black residents, this year. In one case, the city paid more than twomillion to settle a wrongful death lawsuit after an officer shot and killed Derrick Ambrose jr in 2012. The city also paid this black teen thousands to stay quiet after officers were also caught pushing him to the ground, face first. Nat another officer was disciplined after yanking the dreadlocks of a handcuffed suspect. That has long go
President ial disaster declaration for the counties that flooded in august. The money would help rebuild those cities. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first overall, today will be a fabulous day. Plan on highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. Our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our Northern Tier or two of counties especially. Storms are possible in this area both wednesday and wednesday night. By thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. Otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with 80s. Our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average september temperatures for most of next week. Today patchy morning fog, then mostly sunny. Wind se 515. High 83 tonight chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. Low 67 tomorrow partly cloudy with a chance of storms,
Two Council Members who both say theyve been completely in the dark about it, and are frustrated. Councilmen Steve Schmitt says the mayor never contacted any of the Council Members to let them know what was happening. He says hes troubled by a lack of transparency and communication among city leaders. 23 55 42;20 this is not how this has normally gone, i mean weve had some other Department Heads over the last ten years that have gotten relieved of their duties shall we say and all of those situations councilmembers knew about it before it actually happened but it also didnt happen when the mayor a defense of the mayor i guess he didnt announce it, director trelka, i mean its just odd how this whole thing has evolved just this past sunday, a Des Moines Register editorial criticized the Waterloo Police department. The Editorial Board called on the Us Department of justice to step in to restore trust between police and people. This comes after the city reached settlements in several cases
The crowd cheered the second chief trelka walked into council chambers. Nat . Some supporters, who were wearing blue, addressed the council. Nat i appreciate you that you look into the community you hear the voices of those are crying out and you listen while other simply watched. And held signs, like dan trelka came into this town and took it on 150 percent. Earlier monday, mayor quentin hart and chief trelka held a joint news conference. Mayor hart announced trelka would shift his focus to a Community Policing effort that focuses on restoring public trust. Trelka 52 08, im here to work with mayor hart. Weve got some challenges to face, we have some adjustments to make and were having great conversation s and all of this is for the betterment of waterloo and im optimistic for all of us. These changes come after use of excessive force. Mayor hart 47 35, they dont represent city hall, and they dont represent the best these officers have to offer this community. Nat you have Police Offic
Highs into the lower to middle 80s with lots of sunshine from start to finish. Our weather turns a little more unsettled late tonight into tomorrow over our Northern Tier or two of counties especially. Storms are possible in this area both wednesday and wednesday night. By thursday, the northern half of the area may get in on some storms as well. Otherwise, this is going to be a warm week with many days going well into the 80s. Our next cold front arrives late this weekend with a return to average september temperatures for most of next week. Today patchy morning fog, then mostly sunny. Wind se 515. High storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. Low 67 tomorrow partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 515. High 87 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 thanks kaj. The man who served as waterloos Public Safety officer will stay on with the city but not with all of the responsibilitie s. But he will no longer supervise the fire department. Trelka dealt with lawsuits t