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Jan 12, 2021 / 09:00 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Could major changes be coming for Indiana law enforcement officers? A committee of state lawmakers Tuesday took a big step forward. The panel of lawmakers advanced a proposal to create guidelines to help police agencies in hiring and training and to create other measures to increase trust from the public. “It’s historic,” said state Rep. Greg Steuerwald, a Republican from Avon, who spent the past six months conversing with various law-enforcement agencies before writing House Bill 1006. It would require a state law-enforcement trainin...

Police Reform Bill Limits Chokeholds, Makes It Easier to Weed Out Bad Cops (INDIANAPOLIS) — A police reform bill could come to a vote in the Indiana House next week. A House committee unanimously approved a bill classifying chokeholds as deadly force. That would limit their use to the same extreme circumstances as shooting someone, and subject it to the same scrutiny. Avon Representative Greg Steuerwald’s (R) bill also requires the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy to include de-escalation training, and would make it easier to decertify officers with a record of violence. Current law allows...

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.

House Committee Passes 'Historic' Police Reform Legislation Courtesy of iga.in.gov An Indiana House committee unanimously approved a “historic” police reform bill Tuesday – one that has the support of law enforcement and groups like the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus and the NAACP. The measure makes several changes. For instance, it requires police departments to share full employment records with other agencies – an effort to keep bad cops from easily moving jobs. That’s something Indiana State Police Lt. Brad Hoffeditz cited as vital. He said in his experience, many police depar...

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.