Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in Iowa

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This page provides an overview of policies related to the hiring, training, and discipline of police officers in Iowa. It is part of an analysis of police union collective bargaining agreements and related arrangements with police unions concerning hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in the 50 states and top 100 cities by population.

Background

Through the lens of 40 research questions related to police hiring, training, and discipline, Ballotpedia examined the collective bargaining agreements, statutes, and regulatory codes governing the 50 states and the top 100 US cities by population.

Some of the hiring, training, and discipline standards for police officers not established by statutes or regulations arise from negotiations with police unions. Those negotiations are often codified in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). Those agreements are the contracts that states and cities sign following negotiations with police unions. Some states and cities restrict collective bargaining, but may still negotiate with police unions using other methods. After negotiating with the unions, those jurisdictions sometimes establish police standards through documents including memoranda of understanding or meet and confer agreements.

Results

The table below links to each question Ballotpedia used to analyze the states and cities and indicates how Iowa handles police hiring, training, and discipline. To see the provisions Ballotpedia used to support these results, click here.

Police hiring, training, and disciplinary analysis Results
Does the state have a "police bill of rights" statute or regulation? YES
Does the state have CBAs with police unions? YES
Do any states have statutes or regulations prohibiting collective bargaining with police unions? NO
Is the current state CBA publicly available online? YES
Is law enforcement regulated by a state agency? YES
Do states have one agency that regulates law enforcement? NO
Do states have several agencies that regulate law enforcement with overlapping or separate jurisdictions? YES
Do any states have statutes or regulations prohibiting CBAs from addressing disciplinary procedures? NO
Does the state clearly allow cities and municipalities to regulate their own policing? YES
Is there a state law/regulatory code that governs law enforcement? YES
Did the state legislature make the law enforcement code? YES
Did state agencies make the law enforcement code? YES
Does the state CBA require new law enforcement officers to have any college education? NO
Does the state CBA prohibit felons from becoming law enforcement officers? NO
Does the state CBA explicitly require law enforcement officers to learn CPR? NO
Does the state CBA explicitly require law enforcement officers to train for how to handle drug overdose situations? NO
Does the state CBA contain annual firearms training requirements? NO
Does the state CBA require law enforcement officers to train with tasers or other nonlethal weapons regularly? NO
Does the state CBA require law enforcement officers to learn any martial arts? NO
Does the state CBA require law enforcement officers to submit to regular psychological counseling/evaluation? NO
Does the state CBA require police departments to conduct quarterly performance evaluations for law enforcement officers? NO
Does the state CBA require police departments to conduct annual performance evaluations for law enforcement officers? YES
Does the state CBA process restrict licensing procedures for law enforcement officers or departments? NO
Does the state CBA allow for citizen review boards to look into complaints of officer misconduct? NO
Does the state CBA limit union authority to pay and benefits issues? NO
Does the state CBA explicitly allow for a state ombudsman outside particular police departments to hold law enforcement officers accountable for misconduct? NO
Does the state CBA require departments to go through arbitration to punish officers for misconduct? NO
Does the state CBA block performance evaluations that set growth benchmarks/coaching opportunities? NO
Does the state CBA require law enforcement officers to complete annual driving training? NO
Does the state CBA require law enforcement officers to take regular mental health training? NO
Does the state CBA require law enforcement officers to practice "Community policing?" NO
Does the state CBA require that officer disciplinary records are stored in state-run databases? YES
Does the state CBA specify how law enforcement officers will be investigated for misconduct? YES
Does the state CBA specify how law enforcement officers will be punished for misconduct? YES
Does the state CBA specify who may represent/defend a law enforcement officer during a misconduct investigation? YES
Does the state CBA give the union any power to approve or disapprove new training programs for law enforcement officers? NO
Does the state CBA give the union any authority over which officers receive promotions? NO

See also

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