INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman is critically injured after a fire broke out at an apartment complex on the north side of Indianapolis. According to Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), 11 units were dispatched to Cedar Common Apartments on Harcourt Road after multiple calls of an explosion turned apartment fire. Upon arrival, crews located an adult […]

The plain speaking, down to earth Public Safety Director of Indianapolis/Marion County Troy Riggs reported on the successes and challenges of his agency in an extensive Afternoons with Amos interview. Public Safety is more than the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD).  And in the first part of the interview, Riggs talks about the successes in […]

Bisard To Be Sentenced On Tuesday Consecutive sentences.  This is what Marion County Prosecutor Denise Robinson for as a punishment for former IMPD Officer David Bisard. Earlier this month, Bisard was found guilty of driving drunk when he crashed his patrol car into a group of motorcyclists in 2010. That crash killed one of them, Eric Wells, […]

Troy Riggs, the new Public Safety Director for Indianapolis and Marion County wasn’t afraid to comment on key issues in his first live extended radio interview. Appearing on Afternoons with Amos, Riggs talked plenty with listeners and Amos about a variety of issues confronting public safety agencies in Indy, including police.  Speaking in an unassuming […]

Mass Ave, the trendy downtown area of bars, restaurants, shops, condos and apartments along the Massachusetts Avenue corridor is part of a major controversy.  The Ballard Administration wants to develop the block housing the Indianapolis Fire Department Headquarters and a Fire Station.  In order to make the project happen, millions of dollars of potential property […]

AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS EXCLUSIVE – A detailed report on how to improve the hiring and promotion of African-Americans, Hispanics, other minorities and women on the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Indianapolis Fire Department has been obtained by Afternoons with Amos.  The report was prepared by the Public Safety Diversity Task Force, a multi-racial, bipartisan […]