Tag: Indiana agencies: Page 25

Patrol

Indianapolis FOP: 17% of Cops Have High Morale

The results of the climate survey reflect a growing rift with line officers and Public Safety Director Frank Straub and Chief Paul Ciesielski. The union has claimed Straub and Ciesielski are introducing reforms in the department without their consultation and have taken unduly harsh discipline against some officers accused of misconduct.

November 21, 2010

Patrol

Harrison County Deputy Charged With Assisting Wife's Suicide

A grand jury has indicted Harrison County (Ind.) Sheriff's deputy John Britton with assisting in the March 2009 suicide of his wife Christine, a former jail commander.

October 28, 2010

Patrol

Indiana Troopers Arrest 350 In DUI Sting

Troopers also issued 3,242 traffic citations and 6,018 written warnings during the DUI sweep.

October 24, 2010

Patrol

Indianapolis Officer's Home Firebombed

The officer, five-year patrolman Justin Beaton, and his wife and two children ages 2 and 7 escaped without injury. Officers can become visible off-duty because of cases they work or due to take-home patrol cars.

September 19, 2010

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Indianapolis Officer's Girlfriend Tossed Pistol Out of Cruiser During Dispute

Sgt. Stephen Blinn, a 24-year department veteran, struggled with his girlfriend during a physical altercation during which he fired his Glock .40-caliber service pistol in the vehicle. Blinn didn't point the weapon at his girlfriend, who grabbed it and tossed it out of the cruiser.

August 4, 2010

Patrol

Mobile Meth Lab Driver Shoots Himself During Indiana Trooper's Vehicle Stop

A 24-year-old man operating a methamphetamine lab out of his 1995 Dodge Intrepid shot himself in the head, after Indiana State Trooper Caleb Anderson pulled him over in a Walgreen's parking lot.

July 26, 2010

Training

Indiana State Police Now Filling Recruit Class

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, between the ages of 21 and 40, have vision correctable to 20/50, possess a valid driver's license, and have a high-school diploma or GED.

February 24, 2010

Weapons

FBI Offers $5,000 Reward For Stolen Weapons

The stolen weapons include an H & K MP5/10A3 10 mm gun, a Rock River Arms LAR-15 rifle, and a Springfield 1911A1 .45 caliber handgun.

September 17, 2009

Patrol

Rocker Ozzy Buys Police Dog for Indiana Agency

Osbourne has purchased a new dog for the canine unit of the Muncie Police Department, following the retirement of one of the agency's police dogs, the Star-Press reports.

September 16, 2009

Patrol

Killer Stops

There is probably no more misunderstood law enforcement duty than traffic enforcement. Cops who perform this duty often think of it as tedious and futile. And the motorists who are pulled over for traffic violations feel like they are being picked on and tapped for fines that fill local government coffers.

May 31, 2006

Patrol

Shots Fired: Valparaiso, Indiana 07/15/2002

At the sight of the silver patrol car with the bumble bee stripe, the children came running. They came running not with the usual curiosity of kids asking for perfunctory activations of lights and siren, but to tell Officer Todd Kobitz of the Valparaiso (Ind.) Police Department about the man who had harassed them.

September 30, 2005