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Committee delays bill on Marion County training, stakeholders agree to draft amendment for local academy
Summary
Stakeholders and the committee agreed to draft an amendment to allow the Marion County Sheriff's Office to establish a local training academy using the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy syllabus; the committee held Senate Bill 525 for amendment and took no formal vote.
A House committee hearing on Senate Bill 525 ended with committee members and stakeholders agreeing to draft an amendment and hold the bill for further negotiation, after witnesses described the measure as a way to resolve training and merit-board questions stemming from Indianapolis—s consolidated government.
Representative Ireland, who presented the bill, described its purpose as addressing a unique training and organizational history in Marion County following the consolidation known as Unigov and a 2005 General Assembly action that altered how Indianapolis law enforcement is structured. "This is intended to help solve that," Ireland said, explaining the measure would make both the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's Office eligible for…
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