Articles Filed Under: IMPD

City Targets Violent Crime with New Initiatives

June 14, 2018 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — As part of a community-focused public safety strategy, Mayor Joe Hogsett introduced the new Director of Community Violence Reduction, Shonna Majors, and launched the Community-Based Violence Prevention Partnership, a grant program that will seek to invest nearly $300,000 into Indianapolis neighborhoods this year. The public safety strategy also … Read More

Officer Receives Honorable Mention as Top Cop

May 24, 2018 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — As part of National Police Week IMPD Sergeant Matthew Morgan was honored as an honorable mention for the prestigious TOP COPS award. On Aug. 7, 2017 Sergeant Morgan responded to a person struck by a train behind the Garden City Elementary School located at 4901 Rockville Rd. Sergeant … Read More

Coffee With a Cop

March 1, 2018 | by CJ Woods III

“Not gonna be much criminal activity around here,” I muttered to myself as I gingerly maneuvered my car into a parking space between two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department cruisers. I had already passed about a half-dozen of the white patrol cars on East Washington Street, Johnson Avenue and Ritter. I … Read More

IMPD Celebrates African-American Officers During Black History Month

February 5, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) will celebrate the achievements of African-American officers serving the Indianapolis Police Department/Indianapolis Department (IPD) and the Marion County Sheriff in commemoration of Black History Month. IMPD will highlight in display cases the achievements of many of the department’s first African-American officers throughout … Read More

Applause!: July 25-Aug. 1

July 24, 2014 | by Weekly View

• The Vogue will hold a A Night of Peace fundraiser for the Indy Public Safety Foundation on July 25 from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. There will be a silent auction, donation buckets, guest speakers, live music and a DJ. This is a 21-and-older event, with a suggested donation of $10. … Read More