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T-R PHOTO BY JOE FISHER Police Chief Mike Tupper and YSS Director David Hicks give their first report on MPACT during a regular city council meeting Monday.
Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper spoke with a somber tone when introducing the first report from MPACT to the Marshalltown City Council during a regular meeting Monday.
First, Tupper acknowledged Sgt. Jim Smith, an Iowa State Patrol officer who was killed during a shootout in Grundy Center on Friday. Then he mentioned two other Iowa law enforcement officers who committed suicide in the last week. And he discussed the shooting of 20-year-old Duante Wright who was killed by police during a traffic stop in Minneapolis on Sunday.