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Police Substations: Small Posts for Tough Beats

Across Iowa, police substations are becoming popular in troubled neighborhoods.Police in Iowa City are set to open one in their southeast neighborhood next month. And last September, Cedar Rapids police opened a substation in the Wellington Heights neighborhood. Now, almost a full year later, Iowa Public Radio's Kate Wells reports on the challenges and achievements of a small police post in one of the state's toughest beats.