The Sioux City police officer seen aiming a Taser at a Black customer at a Perkins restaurant late last month has a history of involvement in use of force incidents.
More than 5,000 people have signed a petition calling for Officer Thad Boyer to be removed from duty, as the officer rehired in 2019 after brutally beating a man in 2004 was captured pushing a Black man into a table and threatening to Tase him at a Perkins restaurant on April 29.
Footage of the encounter was shared widely on social media, and shows Boyer confronting the customer, identified as 29-year-old John Wright.
Sioux City Officer Thad Boyer (right) confronted a customer, identified as 29-year-old John Wright (left), at a restaurant on April 29. (Photos: Video screenshot, citizen caught)
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Officials with the Sioux City Police Department say a suspected murder-suicide claimed the lives of a Sioux City couple yesterday.
Investigators say evidence at the scene shows that 60-year-old Nicholas Socknat may be responsible for the death of 51-year-old Kelli Socknat before shooting himself. The two lived together at a home near Morningside Elementary School.
Spokesperson Sgt. Jeremy McClure says there are no reports of disturbances involving the couple. However, given the circumstances detectives consider this a case an of domestic violence.
McClure add if anyone who is experiencing domestic violence, they can contact the police department or SafePlace, formerly known as the Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence.
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By NICK HYTREK - Associated Press - Sunday, January 17, 2021
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Jeffrey Demetri’s work shift now begins with a squirt of hand sanitizer and a thermometer.
For months now during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Demetri and fellow Sioux City Police officers must take their temperature before they begin their shift. Anything above 100.4 degrees and they’re sent home with one of the symptoms of COVID-19.
“98.6. Looks like I’m working today,” Demetri said on a recent morning after holding the thermometer to his head.
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Sioux City is one of the top 20 cities in America with the highest number of OWIs, or operating while intoxicated , for the year 2020 according to a study done by Insurify.
Sergeant Jeremy McClure with the Sioux City Police Department said in 2019 they investigated 423 OWIs, while this previous year that number jumped to 527. This is a bit of a significant increase from last year. And what surprises us too, is that this is with all the quarantine stuff and limited hours for drinking establishments, so it s hard to put our finger on exactly why, said McClure.
McClure said they can not be sure what has caused the increase, but they know it is important to educate the community in hopes of decreasing the numbers.