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Iowa City review board questions officer-identification numbers in police reports, asks chief to study alternatives
Summary
Members of an Iowa City civilian review board pressed the police chief about whether identification numbers used in internal use-of-force and complaint reports could be traced to individual officers and requested further review; the board approved an executive session and asked the chief to report back.
Members of a civilian review board in Iowa City spent the bulk of their meeting discussing whether the officer-identification numbers the police department includes in internal use-of-force and complaint review reports could be reverse-engineered to identify individual officers.
The board asked the Police Chief to examine alternatives — such as rotating or lettered identifiers — and report back at the next meeting. The chief said the department assigns persistent, non-badge numbers for internal tracking but acknowledged the potential for a determined person to link numbers to officers and said staff could change the system if the board preferred.
The discussion began after a board member asked for clarification about language in…
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