Iowa

The Iowa Brady List includes all known issues of police misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports.

Iowa is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

This information has been curated by journalists and private citizens; and, this platform is available as-a-service to all Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs].

In the interests of transparency, Level Playing Field is demonstrating all of the invoices presented to Iowa:

Invoice_10018_2023-01-31 Iowa.pdf

Brady List
Prosecutors

Shaun Dean Abbas	Brady Offense No. 1632169508 - 1349144208 June 7, 2007 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office Authority: Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office
Shaun Dean Abbas	Shaun Dean Abbas	Decertification No. 1634068479 - 828828014 June 7, 2007 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office Authority: Iowa Law Enforcement Academy [ILEA]
Brian Adcock	Decertification No. 1634068483 - 1047802375 No Date Provided Employer(s): Hiawatha Police Department Authority: Iowa Law Enforcement Academy [ILEA]
Brian Adcock	Brady Offense No. 1632169508 - 187152932 No Date Provided Employer(s): Hiawatha Police Department
Sabrina L Almond	Decertification No. 1634068515 - 897204623 December 27, 2006 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Mitchell County Sheriff's Office Authority: Iowa Law Enforcement Academy [ILEA]
Sabrina L Almond	Sabrina L Almond	Brady Offense No. 1632170411 - 1603433653 December 27, 2006 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Mitchell County Sheriff's Office
Raymonda Cortez Armstrong	Brady Offense No. 1632170631 - 1072187522 July 3, 2015 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Mitchell County Sheriff's Office
Raymonda Cortez Armstrong	Raymonda Cortez Armstrong	Decertification No. 1634068515 - 556834134 July 3, 2015 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Mitchell County Sheriff's Office Authority: Iowa Law Enforcement Academy [ILEA]
Howard Aschenbrenner	Brady Offense No. 1632169508 - 36316333 December 12, 1989 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Eldon Police Department
Jeffrey Alan Athey	Brady Offense No. 1632169546 - 2081043178 June 11, 2015 Offense: Criminal Charges and/or Conviction Employer(s): Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office

Scizenski-Cole, Susan

Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1677624814 - 1218499041

February 2, 2023

Attorney Misconduct

Employer: Appanoose County Attorney

Authority: Iowa State Bar Association

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In order to provide this service to 20,000+ Organizations, POST Departments, and Prosecutors nationwide. We have standardized the input, date and time stamped the output, incorporated an epistemology of Brady Offenses, Public Complaints, and Use-of-Force Reports.

Iowa Open Records Law

Iowa Code §22.1 et seq.

The Iowa Open Records Law is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels. The law includes all records of government agencies except where the documents have been deemed confidential. Exemptions include:

Personal information on accepted students, current students, and past students
Medical records
Trade Secrets
Records of attorneys who represent the state
Reports that result in unfair competition
Appraisal information for public land purchases
Criminal files
Military confidential records
Personal information in records of employees and elected officials of public agencies
Library records
Information on the donors of charitable contributions
Corrections department information that would jeopardize security.
Communications made to the government but not required by statute
Examinations
Archaeological and historical ecologically sensitive material locations and information
Marketing and advertising budgets and strategies for non-profits
Information maintained by mediators employed to solve the disputes with government agencies

Anyone can request public records and the law does not require a statement of purpose for records requests. There are no restrictions for use of the records in the law and you must allow 10-20 days for a record request response to be completed.

Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly.

- William O. Douglas, Associate Justice (1939 - 1975)

Supreme Court of the United States

Analytics

The following is a visual demonstration of the information gathered on this platform. The interpretive data will improve as participation increases; accuracy will increase as adoption spreads; and, conclusions of law may be gained as compliance is enforced.

There have been no Do Not Call [Giglio letters] filed for Iowa, yet.

This feature will be coming in early 2022!