An off-duty Fort Dodge police officer was arrested Tuesday
on a charge of domestic abuse assault. Forty-one-year-old Jody Chansler was
charged after an incident in which he allegedly assaulted his wife, 39-year-old
Kim Chansler, at their residence early Tuesday morning.
She was treated and released from a Fort Dodge hospital for
minor injuries. The Fort Dodge Police Department called the Iowa Division of
Criminal Investigation to conduct an investigation into the incident.
Jody Chansler has been placed on administrative leave from
the Fort Dodge Police force pending the outcome of the case and investigation.
He is scheduled to make an appearance today in Webster
County Magistrate Court on the charge filed against him.