Cedar Rapids Police Department

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The mission of the Cedar Rapids Police Department is to actively involve everyone in a team effort to serve, protect, and prevent crime and disorder by training, educating, informing, and involving ALL in order to provide a safe and secure community in an effective and efficient manner.

Meet Police Chief Wayne Jerman

COMMUNITY UPDATE REGARDING POLICE REFORM ISSUES

The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has brought issues to the forefront in communities throughout the United States concerning police brutality, policy reform, and other policing policies. The City of Cedar Rapids and the Cedar Rapids Police Department welcomes conversations that can improve our police operations and interactions with the community. Citizen engagement is one of the best ways to continue to build trust and relationships between citizens and their local government, including police services. This is an opportunity for the community to learn more about actions planned, and the policies, procedures, and programs already in place that provide dignity and respect for all individuals.

Police Reform Issues

Use of Force Policy

COVID-19 RESPONSE

The safety of our community is our top priority. Police Officers are continuing to respond to calls for service. There are many services that can be conducted online or by telephone.

To report an emergency, call 911.
For non-emergency calls, please call 319-286-5491.

Please use the links below to submit a request electronically to the Police Department. A Police Department employee will be in contact with you as soon as possible:

TO REPORT A CRIME (NOT IN PROGRESS)

TO OBTAIN A COPY OF A REPORT

YOUTH ACADEMY UPDATE

Due to the ongoing public health emergency, we will be unable to host Youth Police Academy sessions this summer. These programs have been very popular and give kindergarten through 8th grade students an opportunity to learn what it is like to be a police officer. The health and safety of the community is our top priority. We look forward to future youth outreach programs.

Get Involved with Your Police Department

VOLUNTARY SURVEILLANCE CAMERA REGISTRATION PROGRAM

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is encouraging citizens to register their private surveillance cameras with the Police Department to help reduce crime in our community and aid in the apprehension of criminals. Camera footage has proven instrumental in solving and prosecuting crimes. This new voluntary registration program allows citizens to be proactive in their neighborhoods. If a crime should occur, the registration database will be beneficial for officers and investigators to be able to know where surveillance video may be available. Typically, officers and investigators are required to canvass neighborhoods to obtain this information; this new program will be a more efficient means of crime investigation.

Registration database information will not be available to the public; rather the information collected is only for law enforcement use. The Police Department will not be able to look at camera images without permission of the owner. Camera images would be requested only for aiding a criminal investigation. There are no minimum camera equipment requirements and the Police Department is not inspecting any of these personal surveillance systems. This voluntary registration program is not a suitable substitute for the current business surveillance cameras in service as part of the City’s surveillance camera ordinance.

RESIDENTIAL CAMERA REGISTRATION PROGRAM

START A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH!

The Police Department is encouraging citizens to form or revitalize a Neighborhood Watch program in your neighborhood. Neighborhood Watch is one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear. MORE DETAILS

POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFERS CRIME MAPPING TOOLS

The Police Department offers crime mapping tools to help prevent, reduce, and solve crime with easy-to-use technological tools that facilitate crime analysis, supply actionable intelligence, and increase public engagement.

The crime mapping software raises the level of community awareness, confidence, and participation in fighting crime by providing real-time reporting and crime maps. The software auto-publishes crime data from the Joint Communications Center’s Computer Aided Dispatch systems. Citizens can access and browse crime information as shown on a map from any computer or mobile device and are able to submit anonymous tips through the platform.

At the click of a mouse, citizens can review the crime type, time, general location for every icon. Crime Reports Screenshot

• Citizens can view crime for any date range

• Victim's identity is protected

• Descriptive crime information is published

Citizens can register to receive official alerts from the Cedar Rapids Police Department. They can also request daily, weekly, or monthly updates on any number of crime types listed on the crime data map.

A tip submission tool encourages community involvement in the policing process and making Cedar Rapids a safer community. There is an anonymous tip submission platform and two-way dialogue between citizens and police officers is available through email.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department, through the crime reporting software, offers free access to mobile applications for smart phones and tablet devices. Citizens are provided with anytime, anywhere access to crime maps and information.

Crime Mapping Tool

STAY INFORMED ABOUT POLICE RESPONSES IN THE COMMUNITY

Use the Police Department's searchable database to look up calls for service by date or location. The information is updated daily.

CALLS FOR SERVICE

The Police Department publishes a monthly newsletter that you can have sent directly to your email.

Newsletter Sign Up

We want to hear from you about your experience with the Cedar Rapids Police Department. Please take a moment and complete this survey based upon your recent experience with member(s) of the Police Department.

Police Department - Citizen Survey

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