A spokesperson did tell kcci, the department of corrections is committed to operating safe and secure facilities, and will continue to work to improve our operations for the safety of all. Danny if those officers would have had mace on their body, they would have been able to deescalate that situation a lot quicker. And without staff being punching bags for inmates. Ryan the doc not commenting tonight, when i directly asked about Staff Members not being armed with pepper spray. We also learned staff and supporters will march next wednesday, in a correctional officer safety campaign. Steve . Steve thank you, ryan. We do have a warm weekend ahead for us. Kurtis, what can we expect when we wake up tomorrow . Kurtis it will be cool. If you are an early riser, do not expect a big warm up early. 9 00 a. M. Is 47. Southwest wind will pick up, bathing in sunshine. 60s about from ames to lamoni, council bluffs. Some colder 50s, still nice in mason city. Back up to dubuque, south wind. 1525, see
Right now, students are studying best prevention practices for the disease. Gray spent five years at the cdc the agency now tasked with leading the u. S. Response to the virus. Jeffrey theyre doing both a lot of work within our borders, to look at the cases and potential transmission of the virus. Ryan the actual testing, we want to know, is not done here at the Iowa Department of public health. Blood samples are drawn, then shipped to the cdc in georgia. For the actual analyzing of the samples. But i did learn tonight that state Health Officials are considering in the future offering the test right here in iowa. Live in des moines, ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve thank you, ryan. Right here in iowa, an ames company is working to develop a zika virus vaccine. For its work on an ebola with zika. The Biopharmaceutical Company says it is still trying to figure out what type of vaccine they are going to work on. Brian were just starting, right . Everybody is just starting
Prison policies. Union officials are examining a prisons policies after a fight broke out inside its walls. Find out what changes theyre calling for. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. Years of planning will be put to the test in three weeks when des moines hosts the ncaa mens basketball tournament. Justin surrency explains why the Basketball Court isnt the only place you can find a gameplan during march madness. The game plans for the ncaa tournament in des moines wont only be on the court. between logistics of transportation hotels, team functions, in arena aspects, its kind of been a collaborative efforts. the Police Department will be providing a large downtown assist. one of the Biggest Challenges we have with this being at wells fargo is we are bringing thousands and dense area downtown. scouting has been key. we did have a team that went down to omaha last year.
Recovering after being attacked by an inmate inside the mitchellville womens prison. The man was one of four Corrections Officers injured in the fight. It happened tuesday in the prisons dining hall. The Union Representing the officers says the incident could have been prevented if more staff been on duty. They also say officers should be able to carry pepper spray inside the prison. And here they got the pepper spray locked up in the captains office and ya gotta run back and get permission to get it and by the time thats don the incidents over. Somebody is an inmate could be dead. An officer could be killed. In a statement, the department committed to operating safe and secure facilities and will continue to work to improve our operations for the safety of all. However, officials declined to explain why Corrections Officers are not allowed to carry pepper spray. Des Moines Police are stabbing on the citys north side. Officers were called to the 27 hundred block of boston avenue just a
It comes to the bill for extra policing. you are going to see a lot officers waving people through lights. local businesses will largely take the charge. majority of it is wells fargo and area hotels. like a team ready for march, their also watching their minutes leading into the tournament weve actually used some alleviate overtime. Police Escorts will be its even included referrees theres some security escorts that i wouldnt expect a college team to need but when you look at the scale, its a national event. with the game plan in hand, the ball is in des moines court. its definitely been something we have been working on for a long time and we feel like we have a good plan in place. hoping to leave many with some highlights of their own. our officers we love interacting, we want to make sure everyone leaves des moines with a great impression and that includes the police while we still do not know which teams will be playing in des moines, the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors