The City of Indianapolis has settled a Federal civil lawsuit brought by Brandon Johnson the Indianapolis teen beaten by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officers three years ago. The settlement was reached last week in a Federal Court nearly three years after Johnson was beaten severely around the face in an altercation with police that angered many […]
Things were peaceful Saturday evening at the city and state’s biggest shopping mall Castleton Square. For four hours I walked all around the huge nearly forty year old mall on Indianapolis’ northeast side. The crowds were normal, but far less than the previous Saturday. But there were hundreds walking, talking, interacting and yes maybe doing […]
Women are buying guns at record rates according to WTHR news anchor Andrea Morehead! Tonight check out the news at 11pm and see if you getting properly trained? Do you know whether to shoot, don’t shoot? Andrea takes some women to the range for the first time and they are put to the test by […]
In an historic first time broadcast, AM1310 TheLight WTLC and Afternoons with Amos broadcast live from inside an Indianapolis Police Station. The program broadcast live from the Department of Public Safety’s new Regional Operations Center which is located in the old Eastgate Shopping Center. The facility was opened just before last year’s Super Bowl and […]
AM1310 can independently confirm that 10 year old Tatyana Staten has been found near 46th and Shadeland Ave. IMPD reported a found child shortly after 10am Sunday. IMPD Chief Rick Hite confirmed with AM 1310 and PraiseIndy.com that a person believed to be Staten, had been located and detectives were on there way to the scene. WTLC […]
Another shooting by a teen in outside Circle Centre Mall in downtown Indianapolis, plus fights inside the mall, on a night when downtown was jammed with thousands of persons and families attending events, has caused anger and concern in the community. IMPD Chief Rick Hite appeared on Afternoons with Amos Monday to update the community […]
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 […]
Interim Chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Rick Hite made his first interview on Afternoons with Amos as Chief defending IMPD’s controversial zone policing system. In the system more police are assigned to higher crime areas leaving fewer police in many areas of the city/county. This has caused many to complain about a […]
New Spokane Washington Police Chief and former Indianapolis Public Safety Director Dr. Frank Straub told Spokane TV that a “small group” of IMPD “retirees” are the ones that caused the controversy during his tenure in Indy. In the interview Straub dismissed criticism of him by people in Indianapolis. KREM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Spokane devoted […]
Despite Indianapolis’ $65 million budget deficit for 2013, a coalition of Indianapolis church congregations is urging city officials to invest $500,000 in next year’s budget to fund a new violence prevention initiative. IndyCan appeared on Afternoons with Amos to tout a violence prevention strategy called Ceasefire that would target an estimated twenty violent groups in […]
The Indianapolis community continues to react to the senseless murder of 13 year old Jarrell Tucker who was slain Monday evening in the 100 block of North Denny on Indianapolis’ east side. Tucker somehow was involved in a confrontation with several in his neighborhood. A convicted felon, Glenn Ervin Beard is wanted by Indianapolis Metropolitan […]
Afternoons with Amos listeners were asked Wednesday what ideas and suggestions they had for improving the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Here’s the ideas and suggestions. Feel free to use Disqus and send us your own. We’ll share them on air.  Put PR/communications professionals, not uniformed officers, handling media relations and community relations with media for […]
