INDIANAPOLIS — Mayor Joe Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Josh Minkler, and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Chief Randal Taylor recently announced an effort to increase federal prosecutions of illegally-possessed guns by expanding resources dedicated to the Indianapolis Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC). IMPD will assign four additional detectives and one additional sergeant to this innovative multi-agency partnership, increasing IMPD staffing of CGIC by 25 percent, as well as training additional gun liaison officers for forensic recovery.
Formally launched in January of 2019, CGIC uses forensic and ballistic evidence along with gun crime intelligence to more effectively investigate and prosecute violent offenders, remove crime guns from Indianapolis neighborhoods, and disrupt violent crime. In 2019, CGIC led to more than 330 arrests, with 83 defendants charged in federal court, and the seizure of over 250 crime guns.
CGIC is a partnership between IMPD, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, ATF, Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, and Fishers Police Department, with Indiana University serving as a research partner.