I’ve only needed the police 2 times, the first time was a report of a homeless man breaking into an abandoned church, the officers responded within 15 minutes on a Sunday morning (which is expected and decent for the time of day)...the officers were nice and helpful.
Bottom line...I could have been beaten up badly, for 35 minutes straight, if I wasn’t locked in the bathroom.
James Butler who is the Chief Humane Officer for the Police Dept and works with the ARL Animal Control has been a failure in this job. Is this the best the Dept could find for a liaison between you and the Animal Control? Bullying people, 0 experience, a poor track record working with people, showing prejudice with owners and a look of dog. Refusing to turn over public records with animals in the care of Animal Control. Innocent dogs are being held and killed in part due to this.
But again, officers I’ve came in contact with are all very nice, same with the dispatchers...there just needs to be a better response time, and communication between he citizens and officers.
The second time when I needed the police was when I was disappointed, I was chased by a homeless man into a Jimmy Johns bathroom, trapped inside wile he was banging on the door screaming at me for no reason I hopelessly called 911, I told the dispatcher all the information (dispatch was very nice and helpful)...they said a officer was enroute. I hung up and was trapped for another 10 mins scared that I’d be attacked if I came out... then finally the Jimmy johns employee said he just left. I came out of the bathroom...THEN he runs back into the Jimmy Johns and yells at me saying I’m a hippie punk that skates too much (his guy was messed up in the head). He threatened me saying he’ll “beat my ass if I ever skate near him again” which is stupid because I was on the sidewalk skating by.
There needs to be a better response time, and I would have liked to see some result and maybe have the officer at least tell me if they are gonna arrest the man, or even talk to him!
However the Des Moines Police department is horribly understaffed!
He left and the Jimmy Johns employee locked the doors behind him, 20 MINUTES LATER (35 mins after I had called 911), A single police officer comes and “takes a report” he was very nice and helpful but since I’m 15 apparently he didn’t want any of my information that I had...I even knew where the homeless guy was! I told him and he didn’t go talk to him LET ALONE ARREST HIM!
I am sorry that my tax dollars are financing your salaries. You suck. Kiss me ass!
The Des Moines Iowa Police Department really a great job protecting people and they go put their lives on the line every day the people of the Des Moines Police Department should be commended for the job they do as it is very rough it is City protecting everyone for the Des Moines Police Department fobeing there and protecting me I think you very much to the Des Moines Police Department for protecting me an incident happen gun shot fired out my back door person running from cops they where there quickly. A big thank you to Des Moines police department good job.
Decent service so far, I’m a future police officer, hoping to work for the City of Des Moines too!
Don't you represent all citizens and treat them fairly? This has been outrageous.
In which Causing very slow response times to even the most important calls.
While out on Saturday with our classic car, we stalled by Ewing Park. We had no more than pulled over and a very kind female Des Moines Police Officer pulled up to see if we needed help. She drove me home so I could get another vehicle and a container of gas to prime the car. We neglected to get her name, but she would have been on duty between 2:30 and 3:00. Her help was greatly appreciated!
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