Animal cruelty cases are ones where the punishment doesn t always fit the crime. It s nice when justice is served and that s what happened thanks to a Cedar Rapids police officer. He decided to take a stand against animal cruelty and now he s being honored for it.
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According to KCRG, Cedar Rapids Police officer Christopher J. Collins was awarded with the 2021 Humane Law Enforcement Award from the Humane Society of the United States for his efforts in an animal neglect investigation. The report states that Collins led an investigation, leading to an arrest and animal neglect charges involving a German shepherd.
Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler died Saturday, at the age 82, surrounded by family and his wife, Gail Fowler, according to a release from the sheriff’s department over the weekend.
Patrolman Guy Cooper.
Haverhill Patrolman Guy Cooper has formed a committee as a first step toward seeking the mayor’s job during this fall’s local elections.
The Cooper Committee was formed last Wednesday, according to records on file with the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Cooper would become the second officer in recent years to seek the corner office in City Hall. In 2019, Patrolman Daniel Trocki unsuccessfully challenged Mayor James J. Fiorentini. Trocki earned a respectable 4,785 votes to Fiorentini’s 6,503, and the mayor went on to win an unprecedented ninth term.
The mayor told WHAV he has not decided whether to re-election this year. He said he doesn’t expect to make any announcements until April or May.