tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5915880940654223702..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44172099317535050902014-09-10T13:52:09.427-05:002014-09-10T13:52:09.427-05:00What is IMPD&#39;s policing model? What is their block-by-block plan for daily neighborhood beats?<br /><br />From what I can see, they haphazardly drive around in cars with no particular method to anything they do.<br /><br />IMPD has 1500 officers. Subtracting no more than 50 for administrative tasks leaves 1450. 1450 divided by three gives 483 officers assigned to morning, afternoon and evening shift.<br /><br />Obviously, officers can&#39;t work seven days a week, but they can work five days for 40 hours. Each shift therefore has 345 officers on duty at any moment.<br /><br />There are 342 square miles in Marion County. How many patrols of one square mile can an officer make, on foot, in eight hours? Quite a bit of ground can be covered.<br /><br />Obviously, some squares are more dense than others, but some squares in Idnianapolis are outright empty.<br /><br />Given obvious math, Indianapolis has ample police officers, if only its policing plan were designed effectively, aimed at doing actual beat work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-87366055360172366122014-09-10T09:16:06.103-05:002014-09-10T09:16:06.103-05:00Since there is a need for more police officers, A reassignment may be needed, the Chief or Public Safety Director should reassign him back to &#39;work&#39;<br />or he can retire and still be the Head of the FOP and get paid a salary with the union dues that members pay. Which in turn would free up taxpayer money to hire a new recruit.<br />Either way IPD gets another officer.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22692119394437535242014-09-10T06:50:27.436-05:002014-09-10T06:50:27.436-05:00Regardless of what you may feel about Bill Oliver, he was absolutely right to object to Owensby&#39;s threats. The FOP, if it had any sense, would sack him as their president. He has lost the respect of many of the council members. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49016428590471877712014-09-10T05:34:24.168-05:002014-09-10T05:34:24.168-05:00William Oliver is as ignorant as Monroe &quot;Swea Pea&quot; Gray....what fools!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26544633487900436752014-09-10T05:33:36.553-05:002014-09-10T05:33:36.553-05:00I agree that Christine Scales is The BEST Mayor Indianapolis could hope for!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3180557820805167672014-09-09T10:54:33.049-05:002014-09-09T10:54:33.049-05:00Amen, brother. AMEN.<br /><br />Christine Scales sure does appear to be the sole Republican Councilor not challenged by a lack of ethics and basic human decency. The others- including the Democrats- in that City Council Room? Not so much.<br /><br />Can you imagine how great and corruption free our City would be with her at the helm on the 25th floor or the City County Building?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com