Media Advisory: Press Conference to Announce Project Safe Neighborhood Gun Charges and Arrests in Waterloo, Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – There will be a press conference held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the United States Attorney’s Office in the federal courthouse, 111 Seventh Ave SE, in Cedar Rapids.  Representatives from the United States Attorney’s Office and federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the Waterloo Police Departments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the United States Marshal’s Service will be present at the press conference..  The purpose of the press conference is to announce more than a dozen recent Project Safe Neighborhood gun charges and arrests in Waterloo.

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.  PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime   

Event Details

When:           September 29, 2021

Where:         Cedar Rapids Federal Courthouse (United States Attorney’s Office), 111 Seventh Ave. SE

Time:           11:00 a.m.

A press release will be provided and interview opportunities will be available.

Please RSVP to Tony Morfitt at tony.morfitt@usdoj.gov if you plan to attend. 

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