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Special Units

IN K-9 Officer Critically Wounded During Traffic Stop Shooting

Officer Seara Burton, 28, a four-year member of the Richmond PD who recently became a K9 officer, was taken to Reid Health, then flown by medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.

August 11, 2022

Patrol

IN Officer Murdered During Sunday Traffic Stop

Police took Carl Roy Webb Boards II into custody after a vehicle pursuit and found a handgun in his possession and a rifle on the driver’s side seat.

August 1, 2022

Patrol

Verizon Frontline to Support First Lap for First Responders at NASCAR Races

The first laps will each include state and local public safety agency representatives and multiple police, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) vehicles.

July 21, 2022

Patrol

IN Corrections Officer, Aspiring Police Officer Killed in Drive-By

Police say they were called to the scene a little after 6 p.m. on Sunday and found 28-year-old Rhema Harris inside a house there with a gunshot wound to her chest.

June 27, 2022

Patrol

Bodycam Captures IN Officers Catching Children Dropped From Window to Escape Fire

As smoke poured from the apartment, police directed the woman to toss her children, one at a time, out the window to where officers on the ground would be waiting.

April 19, 2022

Patrol

IN Vehicle Pursuit Ends with Fatal OIS in Station Parking Lot

Officers reportedly blocked all exits to the department’s parking lot while the woman allegedly drove recklessly and hit several police cars and almost hit officers on foot as she was trying to escape.

March 30, 2022

Patrol

IN Deputy and Jail Deputy Killed in Patrol Vehicle Crash

Carroll Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Noah Rainey was on the way to assist, when his vehicle went off the road and hit a utility pole. Jail Deputy Dane Northcutt was also inside the vehicle, but he was not on duty at the time.

January 31, 2022

Patrol

IN Officer Saves Young Girls After Mother Drives into Pond During Police Pursuit

Officer Darrell Shaffer, a 24-year police veteran and father of three, rescued a 3-year-old girl and an 8-month old girl from the back seat. The car was in chest-deep water.

December 14, 2021

Patrol

2 Indianapolis Officers Stabbed, Suspect Shot

The subject said he was being harassed by another person. IMPD said the officers told the man they would try to find the person involved, but when they turned and began walking away the subject stabbed them.

December 1, 2021

Patrol

IN Officer Seriously Hurt in Pursuit Crash

Police say that the 911 caller told police that their daughter was being held against her will, and that the suspect was armed with a handgun.

November 22, 2021

Technology

Indianapolis PD Tests WMD Sensors in Vehicles

The pilot, a part of DARPA’s SIGMA+ program, involved integrating highly sensitive chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) sensors into several IMPD vehicles and gathering real-world environmental background data over a large part of the Indianapolis metropolitan region.

November 12, 2021

Patrol

Man Gets 115 Years for Trying to Kill IN Officers

After arriving at the motel, officers made their way to room 12 and saw that the bathroom door was shut, the affidavit said. When the door was opened, officers were confronted by Joshua A. Kelley, who had a handgun. One officer said Kelley pointed the gun at his face. The officers then backed away and that’s when Kelley fired on them.

September 27, 2021