Indianapolis Metro Police say a police chase this Monday morning has ended in a serious crash on the city’s southeast side. Police were in hot pursuit of a suspect after a theft at the Beech Grove Walmart store on South Emerson Avenue. Police say they terminated the pursuit just before this three-vehicle crash happened in the […]
The increasing number of violent confrontations between police and African-Americans, most of whom are unarmed, have seeped into the consciousness of Americans. Fueled by videos taken by civilians and a growing number of videos taken by police wearing body cams and police car dashboard cameras. But in Indiana, the rules and laws governing prosecutors and […]
There been some concern, anger and unease in parts of the Indianapolis African-American community over a police action shooting that occurred this past Sunday (April 12th). Two IMPD officers were involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Mack Long who was a passenger in a car stopped at 31st and Sherman Drive. Long, a passenger […]
UPDATED WITH INTERVIEW WITH FOP PRESIDENT RICK SNYDER: In a surprise move that has angered members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, police officers and the public, Mayor Greg Ballard surprisingly vetoed a just passed ordinance that would have spent $4.7 million dollars on needed equipment for IMPD officers and needed repairs to IMPD facilities. The […]
UPDATE: 8:30 a.m.: IMPD is reporting through a Tweet that the missing 12-year-old girl, Lamariona Lee, believed to be a runaway, has arrived at a police substation. Again, the whereabouts of Lee are now known. ———————Earlier Story:————————– Indianapolis Metropolitan police are asking for your help as they are looking for a missing 12-year-old girl Indianapolis […]
UPDATE: Since the filing of this report, another shooting has occurred bringing the total of shootings in the city to five in the last 24 hours. This latest incident is in the neighborhood of the one on Howard where that victim was shot in the hand. In this one, police have responded to the shooting […]
Get in the Know with Kim’s Monday News & Headlines It’s official… the 2016 U.S. Presidential race has now begun. Canadian-born Texas Senator Ted Cruz is the first candidate to announce a 2016 presidential run. The Republican—who renounced his Canadian citizenship in May of 2014—released a 30 second video on Twitter overnight urging a new […]
Get In the Know With Kim’s Friday News & Sports Headlines Officials warn that fraudulent tax filings are on the rise in Indiana; investigators are digging into why a bus carrying student athletes from Indiana Tech College crashed on the interstate in Southern Indiana, a retired Ball State University professor stands accused of child molestation; both […]
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is asking for donations to help one of its four-legged officers. A police horse needs a live-saving surgery and you may be able to help “Francis” Jake get the treatment he needs. The horse is an eleven-year veteran of the Mounted Patrol Unit and was diagnosed with skin cancer on a sensitive part […]
Indianapolis/Marion County residents began paying with their first paychecks of 2015 additional county income tax as part of an increase in the Public Safety Tax. It was increased after community outcry for more police in the wake of 2014’s sharp increase in homicides and other serious crimes. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) was one […]
Get in the Know with Kim’s Friday News & Headlines Good Morning on this ‘Blue Friday’. Are you rockin’ your Colts’ blue??? An IMPD officer is recovering on this Friday morning after being injured in a shootout with a suspect who was killed on Indy’s east side. This urban shoot out happened Thursday night at the […]
Two days after allegedly “hundreds” of young people were involved in a “fight” or “brawl” at Castleton Square Mall there’s anger among Indianapolis residents about the incident, but also confusion of what happened, what did Mall Security know and more importantly what did the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Know. Listeners on Afternoons with Amos expressed […]
