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Le Mars police: electric scooters, skateboards not covered by Iowa code; staff to emphasize safety education
Summary
Police Chief Kevin Mandevac told the council that current Iowa law does not address electric scooters and skateboards, limiting the city's ability to regulate them; the police department will run public-safety messages and consider adding scooters to existing bicycle-safety outreach and helmet distribution.
Police Chief Kevin Mandevac told the council that electric scooters and skateboards are increasingly common in Le Mars but are not addressed by the Iowa Code, which limits the city's ability to create an ordinance specifically for those devices.
“I backed up my research with Mike Murphy, our city attorney,” Mandevac said. “Basically, in a nutshell, these electric scooters and skateboards are not covered by…
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