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Police explain specified-crime-property tool; council asks for arrest and calls-for-service data
Summary
Sioux City police briefed council on the specified-crime-property ordinance as a civil tool to address repeat criminal activity at locations; council asked staff to return with arrest and incident counts to determine whether identified properties meet the ordinance threshold.
Police leaders explained how the city's specified-crime-property ordinance works as a complement to criminal enforcement on April 24.
Police representative Rex Mueller walked council through the code elements: the ordinance ties to the nuisance code, targets repeated illegal behavior at a structure (drug activity, prostitution, assaults, alcohol violations, gambling, juvenile delinquency, noise) and requires…
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