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AUBURN — When Tasers first became a tool in the police officer’s belt nearly two decades ago, it was standard practice that officers had to take a jolt from the Taser themselves before they could qualify to carry one. Today, it’s easier to carry a Taser for police — they don’t need to be shocked to carry one. But it’s become harder to use one. In its early days, a suspect threatening to fight or refusing to obey verbal commands could be Tased. In the last four or f...

KENDALLVILLE — A traffic stop in Fort Wayne led to a pursuit and ended with gunshots fired between police and a LaOtto man just outside the Johnson Mobile Home Park off Waits Road early Thursday morning. The suspect, Justin R. Weikel, 40, was transported to an area hospital, according to Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Brian Walker. Weikels condition was listed as stable as of 7:55 a.m. Initial reports indicated Weikel had been shot, but police later said that might not be ...

You can’t run away from your problems, the old adage says. But more and more people are trying when it comes to fleeing from the police in their motor vehicles. Sheriff’s departments from DeKalb, Noble and Steuben counties report sharp increases in the number of people who have run from the police in a vehicle: • DeKalb County Sheriff Dave Cserep reported that from 2017-2018 there were approximately 24 vehicle pursuits in his county. From 2019 through the first quarter of 2021, t...

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