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STATEHOUSE – State Rep. Cindy Ziemke (R-Batesville) announced she will retire in 2022 after fulfilling her current term as state representative for House District 55.

Bill would increase vandalism penalties Elevates rioting charge, fines cities over statues NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS – State lawmakers are taking a stand against destruction or vandalism to public monuments or statues – increasing the criminal penalty and taking money from cities or other units of government that fail to protect the memorials. The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee significantly amended a bill Wednesday and then passed it 9-3, with Democrats oppose...

Tippecanoe County leading the state on High Tech Crimes Unit bill HB 1082 would create funding for 10 regional High Tech Crime Units. Tippecanoe County had the first prosecutor-run HTCU in the state. Posted: Feb 2, 2021 9:37 PM Updated: Feb 3, 2021 9:41 AM Posted By: Anna Darling TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - Tippecanoe County is leading the way for more High Tech Crime Units to be established across the state. A bill authored by District 40 State Representative Gregory Steuerwald is curr...

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Jan. 21, 2021.

Indiana General Assembly considers bills to reform the police — and bills to halt change Elizabeth DePompei, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT For the first time since civil unrest erupted in Indianapolis and elsewhere across the country in response to police killings of Black Americans, the Indiana legislature is considering measures that would impact policing in the state.  The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, along with Dreasjon Reed and McHale Rose in Indian...

Paul Helmke, former president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, agreed. “Indiana already does too little to keep loaded guns out of public places and out of the hands of dangerous people. This bill would make us all less safe,” the former Republican mayor wrote in an email. No license is required to buy a firearm in Indiana, but one is required for open or concealed carry. Individuals with a conviction for a felony or misdemeanor domestic battery are ineligible, and a license c...

Among the bills that have started to pass through the Indiana Statehouse is a police reform measure that’s been described as historic.

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The bill would also establish a procedure for the law enforcement training board to decertify officers who commit misconduct, and would ease the sharing of officers’ employment records between police departments, thus helping to identify “bad actors” and keep them from moving jobs.

A bipartisan bill aimed at increasing police accountability and enacting criminal justice reform received early support from Indiana's legislators, law enforcement leaders and community groups Tuesday, following calls for action from the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus.