UPDATE:
The officer in question is now the subject, along with IDOT, of a civil suit brought by a seventy one year old semi driver whose story is that four years ago this officer repeatedly pistol whipped him. David Howard of SD spent that night in jail but the next morning in court a Henry...
There are new allegations, MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN OURS, against the officer who harrrassed us. We hope the state of Iowa does something about this man because he is certainly not giving law enforcement a good name.Note that the incident in this article supposedly occurred four years before our...
We suggested to IDOT director Nancy Richardson that from what we've seen and heard, her entire agency needs to be investigated from the outside....Her response to a request for information from the Hawkeye reporter has been to shut him down completely on any facts concerning the investigation...
Another update to our story. The officer has been placed on administrative leave Link Removed
A lengthy blog here describes what it is like to deal with govt bureacracy! IDOT INVESTIGATES TRAFFIC STOP, RV SEARCH Iowa Defense Alliance
Iowa dot officer ALLEGEDLY holds 64 yr old farmer at gunpooint
Here is a link to an article in which an IDOT officer allegedly pulled over a farmer for a seatbelt violation. Now the farmer is suing the officer and IDOT.
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here is a link to the court papers just filed in the case...
ARTICLE ABOUT OUR EXPERINCE IN THE DES MOINES REGISTER Link Removed
and yes, saying no to this guy would probably have inflamed him even further, no telling whatcould have happened, definitely an unbalanced individual
Friday night when we were coming home from a 3600 mile trip, I was pulled over for no reason by an Iowa Department of Transportation Officer who accused us of having marijuana on board and ended up searching our RV.
He and his back-up buddy were not happy with the fact I have concealed...