IOWA CITY — Speeding in the parking lot outside the Iowa City Veterans Affairs hospital is a federal violation. So is parking illegally on the government property. Veterans Affairs police officers assigned to patrol the Iowa City hospital and its grounds have issued 1,847 violation notices on the property since 2008, including 1,648 parking tickets. [...]

  A growing number of law enforcement agencies, including several in Johnson County, are using virtual training systems that act like advanced video games to improve officers’ emergency preparedness. How do officers identify dangers in an emergency situation? And when should they use lethal force? If they do, will they hit their target? Those questions [...]

IOWA CITY — The Iowa City VA Health Care System is expecting to add 10 clinicians and one support staff position to its mental health team of 123 nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. With the United States on track to reduce its troops in Afghanistan as part of a planned drawdown, the U.S. Department [...]