The Board of Public Works and Safety accepted the retirement of Police Chief Travis Young at its Sept. 10 regular meeting and approved his request to permanently retain a department-issued service pistol.

The action matters because it completes a personnel transition in the Logansport Police Department and includes approval for the chief to buy a department firearm as surplus under state law.

Chief Travis Young told the board he was “respectfully submitting retirement” and said the timing followed months of internal discussion. Mayor Eric Martin moved to accept the retirement, and the board voted unanimously. The board also considered a written request that Young be allowed to retain a department-issued Glock and a separate surplus pistol, citing “IC 7.1-2-2-11.5” in the request. The board approved the firearm retention and a sale price of $275 for one surplus pistol.

Mayor Eric Martin said the city honors Young’s service; several elected officials and department leaders offered personal thanks. The board announced Assistant Chief Sean Heishman will serve as interim chief while the city completes next steps for a permanent successor.

Formal actions recorded at the meeting show the board approved (yes votes from Levi Jones and Chris Martin) both the retirement acceptance and the duty-gun retention request. The retirement acceptance was a formal motion and vote; the firearm retention was presented as a surplus-sale request citing the statute and then approved by motion and vote.

Details disclosed at the meeting: Young said he has served roughly 20 years with the department and that the firearms request was submitted under the cited statute; the written request included the statute reference and a proposed trade-in/value amount. The board did not discuss a recruitment timeline for a permanent chief during the meeting; Heishman was named interim for the immediate term.

The board’s actions are limited to personnel and inventory disposition within municipal authority; any further personnel appointments or pay changes will require separate administrative steps and public notices as required by city policy.