Were most often looking for cash. Thats changed and now they dont even have to break in pkg nat locked doornat open doornat locked doornat open door in this parking lot we found about three out of every ten cars werent even locked. Cedar Rapids Police say in nearly half of all home burglaries crooks just walked in. Greg 5 22 35 weve seen almost a doubling of the counterfeit and forgery cases. Greg beulow its all connected in addition to jewelry and electronics thieves are now looking for check books. Greg beulow crpd spokesman 5 23 39 then taking those checks, forging them, writing names, writing amounts and having them able to steal cash so really its almost like a double whammy. Police also warn not to put checks in outgoing mail those red flags tell thieves they can grab and copy them. Elaina 5 42 09 we encourage our customers to use quality special safety paper. At fairfax state savings [no audio] used or copied. She says its also good protection to have a bank that knows you. Elai
Reporter they will get here sunday and stay for three days as they talk with members of the department and members of the community. The Accreditation Process helps the department provide better service. Agency representatives will ride a long ago through practices to give an evaluation allows us access to the current, best policing policies across the nation to keep is up to date with the Current Trends in law enforcementcommunity members who are interested in being a part of this can share their thoughts in person or on the phone. We have those details on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the iowa city, Mellaney Moore cbs 2 news live at five. Governor branstad is sparking debate over the future of the iowa Public Employees retirement system. Some conversvative groups suggest replacing the systemknown as ipers with a defined Contribution Program similar to a 401k. Many wonder whether such a change would meet workers needs. I am open to considering changes, but i want to assure
Cedar Rapids Police say half of targeted homes and cars arent even locked. In addition to that, police saieves arent just looking for cash and electronics anymore. The cases of counterfeit and forged checks have doubled in the last year. Investigators say some checks are washed or erased and then copied or forged for huge amounts. Banks encourage customers to use checks with high quality paper and even ink thats hard to erase. They say also helps to have a bank that knows you. Were always looking for anything that might be out of the norm for ou say theres a big gap in checking sequence for example or a large amount thats been written on an account that our customer typically wouldnt do. Thats a red flag for us and we want to investigate that and take extra precautions. Police are also warning its not a good idea to mail checks from an unlocked mailbox. They say the red flag telling the letter carrier theres mail to take, can also tip off thieves who steal and duplicate the checks. Pol
Seating from little more than 500 now to more than 800. Supporters ran into some organized opposition last spring but didnt find anyone objecting to the changes. Just the cost. You ask 1800 voters youll have 1800 opinions on what a project could or should be. But i think the most common denominator is the property tax ask. The problem is convincing a few more voters to say yes this time for a 60 percent super majority. Voting on the Janesville School bond takes place this coming tuesday. The only polling place in town will be open from noon until 8 00 pm. You can experience the magic of the Christmas Holiday throughout downtown manchester tonight. The city is holding its window walk and static christmas parade. And meteorologis t Justin Gehrts is there live, checking it out. Justin, how cold will it be for our weather wont change much over the next couple days. Skies remain cloudy tonight but the wind will e down as lows drop to near 30. Were back in the upper 30s tomorrow with a mainl
Administration, the democrats were going to make sure he did not appoint anybody to the suprcourt. Cynthia today grassley said , after giving it more thought, he implied he wouldnt rule out Holding Hearings on an obama nominee, but would only say senator grassley i will take it a step at a time. He hasnt nominated anyone yet. Cynthia the constitution states the president can nominate with the advice and consent of the senate. Matt sinovac, who questioned grassley about the process, was not pleased with his answers. The kept repeating that we will take it one step at a time, but he tried to be very vague and continued to play political games with this nomination process. Cynthia president obama today challenged republicans to offer any plausible rationale for refusing to consider a Supreme Court candidate, and he vowed to nominate an outstanding legal mind. Stacey the man looking to unseat senator grassley comes to the Selection Process for the next Supreme Court justice. State senator