Cedar Rapids Helicopter Program Costs Compared With Other Cities
A Cedar Rapids Public Safety review contrasts its helicopter fleet with Wichita, Omaha and Topeka. Wichita operates two choppers with a 347,990 annual budget and 1,000 annual flight hours. Cedar Rapids runs five pilots and a million dollar budget, with about 1,550 annual flight hours targeted. Omaha maintains three surplus helicopters and a 284,002 operating budget, excluding salaries. Topeka fields four pilots, two newer helicopters, and bought one for 112,000 and another for 350,000.
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Cedar Rapids to buy three new police helicopters
Zahn plans replacing the 30 year old fleet with two EC-120s and a larger rescue copter built by American Eurocopter of Grand Prairie Texas at a cost just under six million dollars. He cites 120 incidents in three years where helicopters aided pursuits missing persons cases and burglaries and argues one patrol equates to ten officers in cars.
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Iowa
Activists say Pierce plea shortchanges abuse case
The dispute centers on a plea deal for a University of Iowa athlete tied to a sexual assault incident from September. Activists claim the punishment is too lenient while defenders argue the case was handled like others. The victim's privacy and representation are emphasized by lawyers and officials.
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Johnson County
Anne Lahey
J. Patrick White
Roxanne Conlin
Des Moines
Iowa
Attorney General
Maggi Moss
Mark Schantz
Schantz
Moss
Iowa City
the Gazette
Steve DeVries
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Bush administration pushes plant wide limits to ease emissions
The White House prioritizes rule changes to favor oil gas and coal interests over clean air. New regulations allow plant wide emission calculations to raise pollution thresholds and possibly avoid updating controls, using past decade peaks to set limits and exempt secondary contaminants.
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