By Joelyn Hansen Come support families of domestic violence and law enforcement at the Sixth Annual Policeman’s Ball. Tickets to the ball, which will be held Oct. 5 at the Shilo Inn, are available at the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center located at 1050 Memorial Drive or www.iflodge6.org. Each year the ball is held to help raise funds to support the Domestic Violence and Sexual

Police Officers Tilo Fochtmann (far left) and Janine Beil (far right) from Frankfurt/Oder, Germany in the state of Brandenburg visited our police station on Friday during a stop over in Idaho Falls. Here they had their picture taken with IFPD Officers Jessica Marley and Sage Albright.  By Joelyn Hansen The IFPD had a special surprise visit from Tilo Fochtmann and Janine Beil from Germany.

Thanks to DNA and some great investigative work, the IFPD arrested 57-year-old J.D. Collier this afternoon for the April 13th robbery at Wells Fargo ban

We recovered the stolen fishing lure park bench this morning, but are still looking for the perps.  Thanks to a tip, it was located in the 500 block of Old Butte Road this morning, but was likely dumped after 5:30 a

One of the really cool Art Benches was stolen from the greenbelt a couple nights ago and the Idaho Falls Arts Council is offering a $500 reward.  We have a couple persons of interest we’d like help locating: Two male juveniles both wearing dark hoodies.  One looks like a little person 4’11” or shorter with a Justin Bieber style hair cut (long bangs), and the other is much taller with

(Prosecuting Attorney Bruce Pickett on left, me in the middle, Don Carey on right)            There is an old saying: "You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes." Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® asks men to literally walk one mile in women's high-heeled shoes.   It’s a great fundraiser for the Domestic Violence

By Joelyn Hansen (Disclaimer -- This post doesn't really serve any real purpose. It just proves that when the Chief leaves me in charge of the blog this can happen. By the way, after reading this don't hesitate to tell him he needs to take back the blog!) I get asked about my job a lot. Mostly about what it is I exactly do. Most of the time I handle the media, work with the volunteers,

 Sgt. Bill Squires spends the day with academy participants at the gun range Idaho Falls Detective Jeff Pratt teaches about crime scene investigation at the academy  Students have some fun as Sgt. Steven Poulter teaches about felony traffic stops By Joelyn Hansen Television shows like Cops and Law and Order make an attempt at depicting reality. But, if you really want to