Le Mars, Iowa — A northwest Iowa county’s sheriff’s office is one of 14 Iowa law enforcement agencies donating protective helmets and ballistic vests to Ukraine.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds says the agencies are donating 146 protective helmets and 714 ballistic vests to Ukraine.
Governor Reynolds says this is excess expired equipment from the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office at Le Mars, as well as the Iowa Department of Public Safety, the police departments in Clear Lake, Coralville, Council Bluffs, Des Moines, DeWitt, Manchester, Nevada, Norwalk, Urbandale, West Des Moines, West Liberty, Windsor Heights and Winterset, along with the Sheriff’s Departments in Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Dubuque, and Linn Counties.
The state is working with the Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago to facilitate the collection, coordination, and shipment of the items to Ukraine.
