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5 Nov 12:44 pm
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has about 50 officers working on a small but growing gang problem within the city. Deputy Chief William Benjamin told an audience at Arlington High
School that, "We have a ... seeing some of those gangs, in response (to Hispanic gangs), increase their numbers." The influence of national gangs is still low in Indianapolis, where gangs tend to be smaller, less organized, and often short-lived, public safety officials say. "They're basically after wealth ...
25 Aug, 2008 6:25 pm
... say, as does this Indianapolis Star editorial, that there's a crisis in the Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department. Ten IMPD officers have been
arrested, jailed or targeted for investigation in the past four months. The latest in a string ... hiring practices to make it more difficult for "rogue officers" to "slip through the
screening process," the bad cops in Indianapolis have clearly been getting the message that their fellow officers will not report their
unlawful behavior. Change starts ...
18 Jun, 2008 1:40 pm
... drug dealers prompted Chief Michael Spears to announce plans for random polygraph tests on all narcotics investigators, reports the Indianapolis Star. 'We want to maintain the highest integrity within these specialized units,' Spears said. Polygraph tests ... in narcotics and other
specialized units, such as vice, were eliminated two years ago with the formation of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Prosecutors say the officers arrested
Monday stole cash and marijuana from drug dealers ...
10 Jan, 2008 12:04 pm
... a drunken-driving case in August because the arresting officer had not taken a new oath for the consolidated Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, which formed in January 2007. In the 5-0
opinion, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard wrote that ... . The justices disagreed. But their decision found the intent of a seamless transition for officers in both the state law
allowing the police merger and the local ordinance carrying it out. An oath requirement in IMPD's general orders is aimed only at ...
9 Jan, 2008 11:16 am
... that all sworn officers of the IPD or MCSD at the time of consolidation satisfied the oath requirement for officers in the Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD). * * * We now turn to
the issue at hand: whether Indiana law requires an ... status carries forward to this newly consolidated entity. * * * The legislature's enactment authorizing combination of the two
departments leaves substantial flexibility to the local legislative body. * * * The statute does not impose any additional ...
18 Jul, 2008 4:50 pm
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has a plan to clean up its act. The plan is designed to make police officers obey the law. You wouldn't
think that would be difficult, but this is what ... calls for increasing supervision, tightening oversight of evidence collection, reinstating more widespread polygraph testing of
officers, creating a department recruiter position and instituting mandatory performance evaluations. The value of polygraph testing is
questionable. Mandatory performance ...
28 Sep, 2008 7:07 pm
... arms wrapped around the neck of an unresponsive David T. Meyers, 52. Meyers, who police confirmed with family had a history of heart
problems, was pronounced dead on the scene. They ... force in defending your family," said Sgt. Matthew Mount, a spokesman for the Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department. "In this situation, I don't
think he was trying to kill him, ... window near her room. Police said Meyers also had rope, condoms and a knife with him, and that he had
knowledge of the home's layout ...
14 Nov, 2007 4:15 am
... former Indianapolis Police Department, had not been
re-sworn as a police officer for the newly-formed Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The Supreme Court has granted a motion to
consider the case on an expedited basis pursuant to Appellate Rule ... over the appeal. Attorney for Hunter: Leanne Weissmann, Lawrenceburg, IN. Attorney for State: Cynthia L. Ploughe,
Indianapolis, IN. Webcasts will be available here. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will be webcast: ...
9 Dec, 2007 5:55 am
... on the street. Police currently have no way of knowing whether children at homes where they respond to calls are involved with the
Department of Child Services and need special attention. Moores has organized the meeting of court, child welfare and ... 's case manager after
any police run to the home? Moores learned about the possibility Friday from her nephew, an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer, the judge said. In her mind, she said, only the logistics remain to be worked out. ...
12 Aug, 2007 3:59 am
... hundreds, if not thousands, of arrests that have been made this year by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department." Even if the ruling is upheld, the jail
doors would not ... Wright and Mr. Carter both said there was no statutory requirement that police officers take an oath, and Mr. Wright said
the state code cited ... legitimate question." The professor, Henry C. Karlson of the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, said
the question was not whether state law required an oath - he said ...
8 Aug, 2007 6:25 am
... A Marion Superior Court judge ruled today that a woman's arrest on drunken driving charges was illegal because the police officer had not
been properly sworn in after the creation of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The ruling likely means charges against Cheryl Oddi-Smith, 44, will be ... , who arrested
Oddi-Smith, was not sworn in after the merger of the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Department took effect Jan. 1. Matthew Symons, the Marion ...
9 Oct, 2007 10:46 am
... A Marion Superior Court judge ruled today that a woman's arrest on drunken driving charges was illegal because the police officer had not
been properly sworn in after the creation of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The ruling likely means charges against Cheryl Oddi-Smith, 44, will be ... who arrested
Oddi-Smith, was not sworn in after the merger of the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Department took effect Jan. 1. Today the Supreme Court has ...
23 Sep, 2008 1:07 pm
... is a matter of first impression. From the record it appears that the routine testing of firearms in the custody of the Indianapolis
Police Department (now the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department) was commonplace in 2004, and there is no
indication that the policy has changed in the interim. Thus, we consider whether the routine test-firing of firearms that are legitimately in police custody violates the Fourth Amendment. . . . Here, Engram has not shown that he exhibited an actual ...
27 Oct, 2008 1:27 pm
... sheriff in collective bargaining and other employment negotiations; represent the sheriff and department in employment matters and
litigation. Payment: Totality of hourly rates not to exceed ... department's retirement and benefits plans. Payment terms: Totality of hourly
rates not to exceed $75,000 per year. 4. Jail crowding Services ... exceed $100,000 per year. 5. Labor and employment, Indianapolis
Metropolitan Police Department* Services: 24-hour on-call
service; represent the sheriff in collective ...
23 Oct, 2007 10:41 am
... Department (IPD) and the Marion County Sheriff's Department (MCSD), who transferred to the new
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD), did not have to be re-sworn in order to retain full law enforcement authority. Officers of the IMPD are properly hired, trained, and
legally entitled to ... Indiana Code Section 5-2-1-17 requires re-swearing of an officer when his department consolidates with another agency
and he automatically becomes a sworn officer with the new agency."
11 Oct, 2007 3:31 am
... of conspiracy to commit murder that stems from her plot to kill Robert H. Mays, 33, according to police and jail records. Burns paid $3,000
to the undercover officer to shoot her former husband, said Sgt. Matthew Mount, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman. Mays was not hurt. *** Burns and
Mays were in a dispute about the custody of their toddler-age son, Robert, police said. The boy was in his father's custody." That $3,000.00
would have gone a long way ...
18 Feb, 2008 8:52 am
... , 29, 3700 block of Knickerboker Place, was arrested on initial charges of dissemination of matter harmful to a child and child solicitation after police say he used the Internet to set up a sexual encounter with a detective posing as a 15-year-old girl, according to a ... Court records show Snyder
earned his law license in 2005 and currently works for the Marion County Public Defender's Office. The arrest was part of a sting conducted by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's vice unit.
19 Nov, 2008 1:56 pm
... today relating to God or prayer. "BMV is sued for rejecting 'BE GODS' license plate" is the headline to a story today in the Indianapolis
Star by Jon Murray that begins: For years, Liz Ferris saw her personalized license plate -- BE GODS -- ... conduct and stated that anyone who talked out of turn would be in violation,
according to an incident report from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. During a moment of silence, Larry Tunget, wife of former Mayor Nannette Tunget, began reading a
...
11 Jun, 2008 6:03 pm
... Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit today against the city over what its attorneys see as a too-aggressive crackdown on the homeless in Downtown Indianapolis. The suit, filed on behalf of four men, says Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers have hassled them even though they
weren't breaking state panhandling ... Byrd. ACLU Legal Director Ken Falk says the suit seeks an injunction barring police from overstepping
their legal bounds. [Updated 6/12/08] Here is the updated version of ...
11 Mar, 2008 12:44 pm
... declaratory relief. We dismiss. Cahisa Jones v.State of Indiana - "On May 10, 2007, Officer Greg Taylor of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department received a dispatch concerning suspicious
activity near a residence on 19th Street. Upon arriving at the scene, ... Company, Inc. (NFP), a 10-page opinion [which is inexplicably NFP], Judge Friedlander writes: Indiana
Department of Transportation (INDOT) appeals the trial court's order on judicial review reversing INDOT's decision to deny two of ...
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