Since the Indianapolis Crime Gun Intelligence Center began in January 2019, the task force has seized 717 firearms and arrested 813 people on both state and federal charges.
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March 12, 2021
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness said he believes frequent gun violence in Indianapolis is not a problem limited to the capital city’s borders.
That’s why two years ago the Fishers Police Department partnered with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department to process confiscated guns through the Indianapolis Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
By entering ballistics and forensic information from the guns involved in crimes into the database, police are able to track whether that gun is linked to any other crimes in the region.
Since March 2019, out of the 183 crime guns collected in Fishers, 101 have been traced to violent crimes in Indianapolis. The gun that was used to kill Fishers police dog Harlej in 2019 was connected to eight shootings and two homicides.