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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 opposed. The move comes after several monuments and memorials were damaged – or even torn down – durin...

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 currently making its way through the Indiana Statehouse. "It's a game changer, it solves crimes," said T...

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 Indianapolis, all at the hands of police, resulted in demands to reform policing -- everything from banni...