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Reposting Keith Pillë’s single-panel cartoon illustrating actual entries from the Iowa City police blotter from 2020-23

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Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 4h

SUBJS GOING DOOR TO DOOR ATTEMPTING TO SELL THINGS, NO ONE HAS ANY CREDENTIALS.
WHEN CALLER ASKED HER FOR THEM SHE CALLED THE COMP A
"BITCH" NOW
7:19 PM • 7/26/20 • Twitter

SUBJS GOING DOOR TO DOOR ATTEMPTING TO SELL THINGS, NO ONE HAS ANY CREDENTIALS.
WHEN CALLER ASKED HER FOR THEM SHE CALLED THE COMP A
"BITCH" NOW
7:19 PM • 7/26/20 • Twitter

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 8h

WANTS A CALL FROM AN OFFICER ABOUT LIVING ON HIS
OWN

WANTS A CALL FROM AN OFFICER ABOUT LIVING ON HIS
OWN

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 8h

LOUD SWIMMING GAMES, SUPER EXCITED PEOPLE DRINKING SOMETHING

LOUD SWIMMING GAMES, SUPER EXCITED PEOPLE DRINKING SOMETHING

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 10h

RP STATES SHE WAS LAYING DOWN AND HEARD A LITTLE GIRL THROUGH THE SHARED WALL TELL HER NEIGHBOR THAT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO HER MOMMY AND THE NEIGHBOR
TOLD HER NO AND TO BE QUITE THE NEIGHBOR STATES THERE IS NO LITTLE GIRL THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR
6:52 AM • 7/23/20

RP STATES SHE WAS LAYING DOWN AND HEARD A LITTLE GIRL THROUGH THE SHARED WALL TELL HER NEIGHBOR THAT SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO HER MOMMY AND THE NEIGHBOR
TOLD HER NO AND TO BE QUITE THE NEIGHBOR STATES THERE IS NO LITTLE GIRL THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR
6:52 AM • 7/23/20

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 12h

COMPS DAUGTHER DROVE TO CHICAGO AND FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE PUT ANOTHER LIC PLATE

COMPS DAUGTHER DROVE TO CHICAGO AND FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE PUT ANOTHER LIC PLATE

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DOG RUNNING LOOSE - BEETHOVEN DOG BLACK
COLLAR NO TAGS

DOG RUNNING LOOSE - BEETHOVEN DOG BLACK
COLLAR NO TAGS

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

W/F BLU TSHIRT JEANS FEMALE
WALKS UP THE STREET
SCREAMS AT THE TOP OF HER
LUNGS (SINCE MARCH)

W/F BLU TSHIRT JEANS FEMALE
WALKS UP THE STREET
SCREAMS AT THE TOP OF HER
LUNGS (SINCE MARCH)

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEIGHBOR LEAVING MUD IN STREET, WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT
6:50

NEIGHBOR LEAVING MUD IN STREET, WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

REF POSSIBLE SUSPISCIOUS
ACTIVITY

REF POSSIBLE SUSPISCIOUS
ACTIVITY

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Always loved this one both for how deranged the original police call was and for the way I was able to use a dying brush pen to my advantage in the art

A FEW GENTLEMAN OR CREATURES WERE ON A LITTLE MOTORCYCLE AND RP ASKED WHAT THEY WERE UP TO WHEN SHE TOOK HER GARBAGE OUT AND THEY TOOK OFF

A FEW GENTLEMAN OR CREATURES WERE ON A LITTLE MOTORCYCLE AND RP ASKED WHAT THEY WERE UP TO WHEN SHE TOOK HER GARBAGE OUT AND THEY TOOK OFF

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MOB OF SUBJS PEEING IN THE ALLEYS BY KUM AND GO
6:25 PM • 7/13/20 • Twitter Web App

MOB OF SUBJS PEEING IN THE ALLEYS BY KUM AND GO

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Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CRIME

KIDS SMOKING AND SKATEBOARDING

KIDS SMOKING AND SKATEBOARDING

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CRIME

KIDS SMOKING AND SKATEBOARDING

KIDS SMOKING AND SKATEBOARDING

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HE COMPLIED WITH MOM WHEN HE HEARD WE WERE CALLED

HE COMPLIED WITH MOM WHEN HE HEARD WE WERE CALLED

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

DANG KIDS AT THE END OF THE STREET LIGHTING FIREWORKS

DANG KIDS AT THE END OF THE STREET LIGHTING FIREWORKS

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

URBAN WOODSMAN GETTING READY TO FIGHT

URBAN WOODSMAN GETTING READY TO FIGHT

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEIGHBORS DUMPED CAT LITTER ON RP'S PORCH. SUS LIVES IN APT
11. RP DOESN'T KNOW DOOR CODE...WILL WATCH FOR OFFICER

NEIGHBORS DUMPED CAT LITTER ON RP'S PORCH. SUS LIVES IN APT
11. RP DOESN'T KNOW DOOR CODE...WILL WATCH FOR OFFICER

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you scoff, but a friend of mine who went to Iowa state said someone there put a piranha in a water fountain; clearly there is a piranha problem in Iowa college towns

IN REF TO A CRAIGS LIST ISSUE (SOMEONE IS GIVING AWAY
PIRANHAS- RP BELIVES THIS IS ILLEGAL AND A BIG ISSUE)

IN REF TO A CRAIGS LIST ISSUE (SOMEONE IS GIVING AWAY
PIRANHAS- RP BELIVES THIS IS ILLEGAL AND A BIG ISSUE)

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PICKED UP A CAT A WEEK AGO, IT HAS BEEN BITING HIM SO HE WANTS OFCR TO COME GET IT NOW. IT HAS WORN OUT ITS WELCOME

PICKED UP A CAT A WEEK AGO, IT HAS BEEN BITING HIM SO HE WANTS OFCR TO COME GET IT NOW. IT HAS WORN OUT ITS WELCOME

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

8 GOATS IN THE AREA DONT APPEAR TO BELONG THERE

8 GOATS IN THE AREA DONT APPEAR TO BELONG THERE

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Big animal jokes: always funny

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IN WALMART PARKING LOT/ NEAR FRONT OF MARKET ENTRANCE-RP IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A LARGE TURTLE

IN WALMART PARKING LOT/ NEAR FRONT OF MARKET ENTRANCE-RP IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A LARGE TURTLE

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

early instance of my longrunning habit of putting a Twin Cities amount of pine trees in Iowa City

PERSON WALKING FUNNY

PERSON WALKING FUNNY

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

so busy having a Monday morning that I forgot to pick back up with the reposts

WILD ANIMAL PROBLEM- VERY LARGE OPOSSUM IN THE BACK YARD, CALLER IS AFRIAD IT IS DISEASE CARRYING
4:38 PM • 5/24/20 • Twitter Web

WILD ANIMAL PROBLEM- VERY LARGE OPOSSUM IN THE BACK YARD, CALLER IS AFRIAD IT IS DISEASE CARRYING

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

and then (simultaneously) covid hit, my wife had a speed run through cancer as the early weeks of the pandemic hit, and some months passed. Somehow, after all that, I thought “I should start doing those comics again”

CIVIL DISPUTE OVER GO CART

CIVIL DISPUTE OVER GO CART

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This one’s notable for being the last one I did before COVID hit; I believe it’s from very early March of 2020, and then I sort of drifted away, distracted by early signs of spring in Mpls AND THEN—

SOMEONE
STRA YED
SHED
ON
WEST
RED SPRAY PAINT ON HIS
SIDE
WROTE
"LOVE
LIFE "
OF
RESIDENCE, THET
HE
WANtS TU
Flしい
REPORT

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A
CONTRAPTION OF WELDED
BICYCLES OUTSIDE THE LOCATION PLAYING LOUD TRANCE MUSIC

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another early fave

SUBJECT
KEEPS CALLING COMP
WANTING
TO CONVERT HIM INTO
A CATHOLIC

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wasn’t yet fully consistent on screenshotting the source log posts

LOVABLE LAT PEERING
HUNGRY
AND
CAT TRIED TO GAIN
THISTITY RUBBING UP #Gt15T
ALLESS TO
HOME
RP'S LEG

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OUTSIDE THERE IS A PERSON PASSED OUT ON THE GROUND FACE DOWN, NOT GETTING UP, THEY VERBALIZED TO COMP THEY ARE FINE

OUTSIDE THERE IS A PERSON PASSED OUT ON THE GROUND FACE DOWN, NOT GETTING UP, THEY VERBALIZED TO COMP THEY ARE FINE

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

LOUD PARTY OUTSIDE ON THE DECK... IN THE HOT TUB

LOUD PARTY OUTSIDE ON THE DECK... IN THE HOT TUB

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WHO JUST KNOCKED OVER A
MOPED

WHO JUST KNOCKED OVER A
MOPED

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An early fave and—I’m pretty sure—the last of the very early ones without screenshots of the police log entry

FEMALE
VERSUS FEMALE

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

again, we’ve all been there

FEMALE SITTING IN... FRONT YARD, YELLING AT HERSELF?

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WHITE
MALE, TALL, GOATEE BEARD WAS
WALKING HIS
DOG THIS MORNING
AND RP
KNOWS
THAT
HE
WAS SMOKING
MARIJUANA

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

still posting from Feb. of 2020, FWIW

HUGE HOUSE PARTY WITH SICIREAMING STUDENTS

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We’ve all been there

MALE LAYING IN YARD CUSSING
AT PPL

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

CALLER ADVISED SOMEONE IS MAKING
THREAT TO HIM
ON LINE.
THEY ARE SAYING THEI WILL POST HIS
PERSONAL PICTURES.

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

8-10 PEOPLE FIRING FIREWORKS
AT
CARS

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

KF
COMPLAINT ABOUT SOMEONE USING A MEAT SMOKER, COMP ADU THIS 15 DONE FREQUENTLY AND THE SMELL IS VERT UNPLEASANT

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

CALLER USED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND
APT 4 SMELLS WEIRD, MAYBE LIKE
DEATH, FROM THE HALL VAY.

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Won’t be too long before we get to the ones where I have the screenshots of the original log posts

B1
(
WANTS OPTIONS ON WHAT TO DO
WITH A CANOE LEFT
ON HER
PROPERTY

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MALE
5 HOE
SUBJ
BANGING
WEARING ONE
ON FRONT POOR

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Again, sadly, no screenshot of the original post for these early ones

BLK SIDEKICK PULLED
OVER TO THE
SIDE
OF THE RDAD
FEMALE FLIPPING PEOPLE OFF
AS THEY GO BY

Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I didn’t get screenshots of the matching police log entries for these early ones, alas

BAT IN THE HALLWAY
LALLER ADVISED KIDS
ARE SCARED