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Evansville police commission extends officer probation, approves claims and issues commendations
Summary
At its April 28 meeting the Evansville Police Barret Commission extended Officer Joshua Bryant’s probation through October 2025, approved $2,475 in claims, declined four applicants and voted to issue certificates of commendation to five officers; a lifesaver award for Officer Tyler George was noted.
The Evansville Police Barret Commission on April 28 extended the probationary period for Officer Joshua Bryant through October 2025, approved $2,475 in department claims, voted not to advance four applicants and authorized certificates of commendation for five officers, the commission recorded at its meeting.
The commission’s actions were taken by motion and voice vote; no roll-call tallies were provided. Commissioners approved minutes from the April 14 meeting and then moved on to personnel and recognition items.
The commission approved a motion to extend Officer Joshua Bryant’s probationary period until October 2025 after an initial exchange in which a member asked whether the extension should run to Oct. 1. The final motion specified "till October 2025" and was seconded and carried. The commission did not provide a numeric vote count.
The commission approved claims totaling $2,475. A separate motion that four applicants — identified in the meeting only by application numbers 25010, 24187, 24196 and 25022 — "do not move forward" also passed. The meeting record does not identify reasons for declining those applicants.
Chief Smith (identified in the meeting record as making recommendations) asked the commission to issue certificates of commendation to Detective Jonathan Oakley, Detective Nicholas Hackworth and Detective Michael Bittler for work on murder investigations, and to Officer Charles Grimes, Officer Kate Street and Officer Seth Gorman for work on a robbery investigation. A motion to issue the certificates was made, seconded and carried.
The commission also noted that Officer Tyler George received a lifesaver award for actions on Jan. 22, 2025; that award was presented to the commission as an informational item rather than a separate motion for approval.
The meeting was brief and procedural: motions were made, seconded and adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll-call results in the transcript. The commission scheduled its next meeting for Monday, May 12, 2025, at 4:15 p.m.
The transcript does not include additional details on the declined applicants’ backgrounds, the specific grounds for the probation extension, or vote counts. Those details were not specified at the meeting.
