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Vehicles

Indianapolis Police To Drive Alternative Patrol Vehicles By 2025

At POLICE, we were surprised by an article that appeared on the website of Government Fleet magazine, a sister publication. According to a news article, the Indianapolis Metro Police Department will be driving only alternative power-train vehicles by 2025.

December 20, 2012

Patrol

Video: Ind. Cop Demoted for Appearing In Hip-Hop Video

Gary (Ind.) Police Chief Wade Ingram demoted one of his patrolmen who appeared with his cruiser in a YouTube video with people flashing guns and gang signs.

November 5, 2012

Patrol

Video: Ind. Cop's Daughter Fights for His Job

The 11-year-old daughter of an Anderson (Ind.) Police officer took to YouTube to lobby city leaders considering budget cuts not to lay off her father.

October 11, 2012

Patrol

Ind. Man Accused of Trying to Run Over Officer Captured After High-Speed Chase

An Anderson, Ind., man who allegedly tried to run over an Anderson police officer Wednesday night was arrested Friday after leading police on a high-speed chase through five counties.

September 30, 2012

Patrol

First Female Radio Car Cops

Indianapolis Police Officers Elizabeth Robinson and Betty Blankenship are generally acknowledged as the first female officers assigned to patrol duties in a radio car. For more about this era of pioneering police women, read our related feature, "The First Female Patrol Officers." Photos: Collection of the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C.

September 28, 2012

Patrol

Ind. Cop Released From Hospital

The Fortville (Ind.) Police officer who was shot in the head after pulling over a driver with a busted tail light has left the hospital. Officer Matthew Fox was reealsed from IU Methodist Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.

August 2, 2012

Patrol

Release of Ind. Cop Killer Outrages Community

A man once given the death penalty for fatally shooting an Indiana town marshal in the back left prison Sunday nearly 30 years after the crime. William Spranger was convicted of killing William Miner and had been given the death penalty.

July 30, 2012

Patrol

Video: Indiana Cop Ambushed, Shot In Head

A felon with a history of drugs and assaults on officers allegedly ambushed a Fortville (Ind.) Police officer who pulled him over early Saturday morning following a pursuit. The incident was captured on Officer Fox's patrol car video system.

July 29, 2012

SWAT

Gathering Intel for Dynamic Entries (1 of 2)

A SWAT team's raid of a home in Evansville, Ind., raised many questions, especially after officers encountered a grandmother and 18-year-old watching TV. Here's a similar scenario for you to resolve. Read it and respond with a comment about what you would do.

July 25, 2012

Special Units

Two Ind. Deputies Shot At Domestic Call, Suspect Dead

Two Greene County (Ind.) Sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic-dispute call were wounded by a suspect who charged them with a shotgun on Wednesday.

July 4, 2012

Patrol

Video: Naked 'Ninja' Fights 3 Indy Cops

A naked 27-year-old man's fight with three Indianapolis Metro Police officers was captured on video and has gone viral. David Martin, dubbed the "naked ninja," can be seen throwing punches and kicks at three officers who attempted to arrest him.

July 2, 2012

Special Units

Ind. SWAT Team Tricked Into Raiding Grandma's Home

Indiana police have arrested the man they believe made online threats against law enforcement and caused the Evansville Police Department's SWAT team to raid the home of an 18-year-old and her grandmother.

July 1, 2012