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The 2023 Indiana law gives cities until the end of the year to accept or reject a merit system for officer personnel moves
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Amy Hadley's attorneys, the civil rights law firm Institute for Justice, says courts around the nation are struggling with the issue
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Suspect Johnny Wood pointed an inoperable gun after earlier vowing to 'go out in a blaze of glory'
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Joshua Titus was sentenced Thursday for punching a handcuffed man at the Elkhart Police Station in 2018
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New law aims to ensure police, fire departments hire, promote or fire based on ‘merit,’ not politicsPolice and firefighter advocates argue politics can creep into public safety departments’ hiring, promotion and discipline decisions when elected local officials have unilateral control over personnel. Some communities put those decisions in the hands of a merit board to make the process more “fair.” A new law will soon push more Indiana communities to adopt such boards.
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Police near Indianapolis arrested Dominick Williams Jr. in the shooting death of T'yon Horston on Monday.
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Bills banning gender-affirming care for minors and criminalizing bystanders around police head to the governor. And a constitutional amendment expanding bail denial advances.
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On-duty police can get a 25-foot bubble around them that the public can’t cross under legislation headed to the governor’s desk.
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Law enforcement officers get a 25-foot bubble around them that the public can’t cross when told to stop under a bill that’s a step away from the governor’s desk.
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A bill aimed at closing a loophole in Indiana’s child seduction law was significantly expanded by a Senate committee this week.