The teams work opposite shifts to allow for a wider time span of coverage and are used in locker searches, crowd control, narcotic detection, suspect tracking and have been utilized by the Muscatine County Drug Task Force, Iowa State Patrol and the department's Street Crimes Unit. Each year brings its challenges, too. In 2014, three people were charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Muscatine residents Timothy Lane, Troy Ott and Michael Newman.
One of the 13 original colonies, Virginia was the first part of the country permanently settled by the English, who established Jamestown on the banks of the James River in 1607. The home state of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers, Virginia played an important role in the American Revolution (1775-83).
The University of Virginia, frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson, UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code, and secret societies. UNESCO designated UVA as America's first collegiate World Heritage Site in 1987, an honor shared jointly with Jefferson's nearby homestead, Monticello. The university's original governi