Mayor Joe Hogsett announced that Christopher Bailey is being appointed as the new chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Monday, Feb. 12.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Randal Taylor announced his resignation Dec. 15. He reflects on his time and leadership as IMPD chief and the department’s growth and challenges.
A family is now grieving after news of a missing teen being found dead.
15-year-old Janiya Carr was reported missing by family members over the Halloween weekend. Police reports show she was reported missing on Monday.
There has been an officer-involved shooting in every IMPD district this year.
During the week of Oct. 23, two officer-involved shootings occurred within two days of each other.
Family tells the Indianapolis Recorder, Kalin Janae Washington was the victim to the shooting incident that left a total of ten people, ages 16 – 22, shot.
A man was critically injured after an IMPD officer shot him out of a tree. This marks the 13th officer-involved shooting for the year. More than half of these incidents occurred after Aug. 1.
Seven seconds.
That is how long it took IMPD officers to fire over thirty rounds into Anthony Maclin’s rental car in the early morning hours of Dec. 31, 2022, as he slept in his grandmother’s driveway.
Maclin was hit three times.