2024 Maquoketa Police Report

The Maquoketa Police Department released the 2024 Police Report. According to the report in 2024 they received 24,352 calls both emergency and non-emergency. In traffic Enforcement, they had 1,089 traffic stops, and issued 354 citations. In 2024 they hired 1 new dispatcher and 2 new officers on to the team. 

Maquoketa School Resource Officer program, which has existed since 1999, has been very successful. Officer Tenney who is in his 2nd year serving as the school resource officer has helped improve school safety, by building relationships with students and local law enforcement. Officer Tenney is not designated to a specific school, but makes his rounds to all the schools based on the district needs. 

The Maquoketa Police Department also has a reserve officer program. Currently only 3 people are on the reserves. The role of a reserve officer includes assisting crime scenes, executing search warrants, or assisting at public events.  

The Maquoketa Police Department in 2015, became the very first agency in Jackson County and one of the first in the state of Iowa to implement body cameras. After 9 years that technology began to fail. So last year the city council approved the Police Department to upgrade their technology. Each Squad car received a new in-car camera system, new tablets, and new body cams. Now the in car cameras and body cameras are linked and work together. 

They also started lunch with the law. Last year cardinal elementary picked 2 students to go have lunch with 2 police officers. They were picked up in a squad car, and went to eat, then came back to school. It is privately funded through private donations.

You can find and read the entire report on the City of Maquoketa’s website.