Schmitt suspension upheld by Cedar Rapids Civil Service
The Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission unanimously upheld the suspension of police officer Parnell Schmitt, a 26 year veteran, finding it in the public interest while he faces a criminal charge for injury or tampering with a motor vehicle. Trial is set for December 12.
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Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
Parnell Schmitt
Schmitt
Raymond Baker
John C. McCarty
Baker
Thomsen
Newmeister
Drug charges and civil suits dominate Metro roundup
William H. Varner, 56, faces two counts of delivery of controlled substances after an undercover sale of marijuana. over two pounds found on arrest. Civil actions include United State Bank versus L. W. Ross and Sons over equipment security, and a malpractice suit by William D. Byers against Mercy Hospital and two doctors for arm injury during appendicitis care. Cedar Rapids ad hoc Operation Bikeway Committee elected Rose Grahek chair with Barbara Mahrau as vice chair and William Meeks as secretary. the panel, active since 1979, continues per council action.
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William H. Varner
Varner
K Ave
Metro Narcotics Unit
Linn County
L.W. Ross and Sons Inc
Ross Refrigeration
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
William D. Byers
Linn
Russell Conkling
Joseph A. Nizolek Jr
Rose Grahek
Cedar Rapid
City Hall
Barbara Mahrau
William Meeks
Meeks
Dennis Benters
Iowa Nebraska NAACP delegates meet in Cedar Rapids
The 40th annual Iowa Nebraska conference of the NAACP will be held at the Cedar Rapids Sheraton Inn this weekend. The Freedom Fund Banquet Saturday features Frankie Muse Freeman as keynote at 7 p.m. Banquet tickets are $15 for adults and $4.50 for students. Delegates from Iowa and Nebraska, about 75, will attend with events open to the public.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cedar Rapids Sheraton Inn
Freedom Fund
Cedar Rapids
NAACP
Frankie Muse Freeman
St. Louis
Community Services Administration
Carter
Freeman
Freeman, Whitfield, Montgomery and Walton
Federal Anti-Poverty Agency
Sylvester Grady
Cedar Rapids Naacp
Sheraton
Iowa
Nebraska
Virginia Irwin
John N. Doggett
St. Louis North
United Methodist Church
Phoebe Smith
Earnest Baty
Des Moines
U.S
H.L. Coffee
Tom Jones
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Mary Robinson
Donald Berger
Kansas City
Gary Hinzman
Economy boosting Cedar Rapids police recruitment drive
The slumping economy may be increasing interest in Cedar Rapids police recruiting. Ads in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Omaha and Minneapolis helped raise applications to 180 as of mid December. Recruiting Capt. Gary Hinzman notes last year’s numbers and expects up to 12 openings next spring, with inquiries from 21 California, 17 Minnesota, and others across the Midwest.
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Los Angeles
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Sacramento
Omaha
Minneapolis
Gary Hinzman
Hinzman
The
Gazette
California
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Iowa
Des Moines
New York
Pennsylvania
National
Criminal Justice School
Sam Houston University
Texas
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
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Cedar Gape
Metro News
United State Bank
Byers
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C.R
Juan Cortez
Iowa House
Chuck Lande
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Bertine Motley
Jean Oxley
Phil Bramer
Doris Peick
Glen Perkins
Quad Cities
Robert Morris
Iowa City
Joy Lowe
Black Hawk County
Anna Mae Weems
Job Services
Barbara Elam
Merchants National Bank
Meinard Wright
Rockwell-Collins
Jesse High
Department of Education
Gloria Kirkland
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Nelson Evans
Johnson Elementary
Thomas White
Frankie Freeman
Robert M.L. Johnson
Johnson
Leno Nelson
Edith Head
Vember
Owa
Kurt Rogahn
Ced Gamer
Big Guy Small Fry
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