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Established in 1868, the Waterloo Police Department provides law enforcement and crime prevention services. The department operates patrol, investigative and administrative divisions. Its patrol division responds to emergency and nonemergency calls for service. It has canine, motorcycle, bomb squad and field training units. The Waterloo Police Department s investigative division arrests offenders, conducts investigations, gathers evidence, and interviews suspects, victims and witnesses. The department intervenes in cases of theft, domestic violence, serious assault, narcotics trafficking and property crime. It has a tactical unit that responds during suicide attacks, narcotics raids, and hostage and sniper incidents. In addition, the department organizes safety-related training sessions for the general public. The Waterloo Police Department is headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa.

Ames Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated research facility of the Department of Energy. A part of Iowa State University, the laboratory has been operational for more than 65 years. Founded by the Atomic Energy Commission, it deals in various research projects, energy-related experiments, and exploration of chemical, engineering, materials, mathematical and physical sciences. Ames Laboratory also deals in photosynthesis studies, synthetic molecules designing, solar energy conversion models, development of remote-controlled analysis systems and contemporary programming methods, and computing systems. Located in Ames, Iowa, the laboratory handles experiments on advanced materials that include superconductors, fullerenes and quasicrystals, organic polymers, organometallic materials, semiconductors, processable preceramics and nonlinear optical systems.