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IOWA CITY, Iowa A local government productively functioning without a police department is what an Iowa City councilwoman says their city should be working toward; and that includes responding to violent crime, according to a local report.
“The abolishment of police would mean that there were no more police,” said Iowa City Councilwoman Laura Bergus, apparently thinking utopia is feasible. “I think it was pretty clear. I imagine a long slow process where the community builds alternatives to what our current policing is.”
Bergus made some outlandish comments, which demonstrates her naivety and lack of understanding about how law enforcement officers function.
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It has been nearly a year since demonstrators called on Iowa City to restructure a police department that they believe has historically been used to reinforce a white power structure.
On Tuesday, that discussion dominated two meetings of city officials, showing again that there is no clear agreement about what police reform will look like.
The issue at one meeting was whether it would be better to give police officers some discretion over when they carry their handguns on a call: for example, into a school building. Some City Council members and those who serve on a citizen-led police board wondered if armed officers sometimes bring tension into otherwise-benign situations.
Iowa City debate over unarmed officers shows scope of police reform remains elusive Hillary Ojeda, Iowa City Press-Citizen © Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa City police officers direct traffic while responding to a car crash at the intersection of Highway 1 West and Hawks Ridge Road, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Iowa City, Iowa.
It has been nearly a year since demonstrators called on Iowa City to restructure a police department that they believe has historically been used to reinforce a white power structure.
On Tuesday, that discussion dominated two meetings of city officials, showing again that there is no clear agreement about what police reform will look like.
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