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UI Police Officers Now Adorned with Video Cameras: Iowa City Daily News Links, Sept. 20

A quick roundup of local news.

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The now vacant Roosevelt Elementary School building will remain a part of the district in a new capacity.

The Iowa City Police are looking for a woman who vandalized some plants near hotel Vetro earlier this month, and for a man who used a stolen credit card.

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In today's Daily Iowan Reader, the Johnson County Crisis Center has seen a spike in the need of those looking for food.

In our Patch Poll this week we're asking if mandatory fees are a way around raising tuition.

In our Parent Talk this week, we ask if there are consequences to sleep training your child.

From Other Sites

Watch what you say to University Police from now on. Vanessa Miller of the Gazette writes that officers are now outfitted with video cameras to corroborate their accounts of disputes.

Josh O'Leary of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the University of Iowa is looking at adding a new childcare center.

Nate Otjen of the Daily Iowan writes that ongoing flood mitigation efforts will also have an effect on the Iowa City budget.

The trial for 2009 slaying of an Iowa City landlord has been rescheduled again. (the Gazette)

North Liberty's North Bend Elementary School is getting a bit bigger due to student growth, writes Chris Umscheid with the North Liberty Leader.

Here are some events to catch this weekend from the Iowa City Press-Citizen. And Jim Musser of the PC has some shows for you to see.

A group concerned about the United States national debt advocated for both parties to work together on debt solutions on a visit to Des Moines. (Des Moines Register)

Need be up at the Johnson County Crisis Center, but thankfully donations appear to be up as well. At least for one event this summer. (Press-Citizen)

A man accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl in 2000 has pleaded guilty to four different charges. (The Gazette)

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Poole launched an initiative six years ago to get himself and his colleagues in the UI police force equipped with video cameras on their uniforms. He spent his own money to experiment with different systems.

Earlier this year, the public safety department got on board with Poole’s ideas and bought body-worn video cameras for its 45 police officers and 18 security personnel. The cameras, about the size of a pager, can be clipped to uniform lapels and turned on and off with just a slide of the camera lens cover.

“The video gives an unbiased view from an officer’s perspective,” Poole said.

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