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At what point have we over funded the police?
In order to retain some officers with IMPD, salaries should be higher than those in Carmel, Fishers and Westfield PD’s to name three. Though not a police officer nor resident of Indianapolis, it is the largest city in the state. I believe it’s police officers should be the highest paid in the state, next to State Police.
IMPD does pay higher than those police departments.
Strange that were worried about funding the police now that we are one of the highest murder per capita City in excess of even Chicago
We’ve been funding the police the entire time.
Police funding isn’t some magic bullet. It stopped being preventative decades ago; it’s reactive.
Love when someone tries to state a fallacy they heard on Fox News as a fact
But it’s nowhere near true…
Strange, Jeffy, that we have been increasing the city’s police budget by MILLIONS of dollars EVERY year, and there has been absolutely no “defunding” occurring.
One might reasonably argue increased police funding does little to nothing to decease murders.
The police do not prevent domestic violence occurring in homes or rival gang members who know each other from showing up to shoot each other.
But, keep watching fake Fox news and spouting the party lie, Jeff.
Perhaps the issues leading to the high murder rate should be better studies. And, should the murder rate in Chicago be higher?
Where in the city are the majority of murders. Which zip code or other area designations can be identified. And are murders random or targeted, affected closely related individuals.
And as others have stated, more funding will not necessarily result in a lower murder rate. What then is a recommended action?
What can the police to to diminish the murder rate and which rate would then be acceptable. More officers? More community policing?
Firearm access is more difficult in Illinois. Granted, for Chicagoans gun access is easier as they just need step across State Line Road and purchase in Indiana.
I would be interested in knowing what percentage of crime in Marion County is committed by children from single female head of households versus intact two parent house holds. Anybody ever collect that data? If not, y not?
Because it’s the woman’s fault, right?
Police, firefighters and teachers should be among the highest-paid professions in the city. Our priorities are screwed up. A significant pay increase for police officers, to make Indy cops among highest-paid in the nation, would go a long way to filling the open positions…we are way under-copped than we should be.
Indianapolis should also have the highest paid mayor in the state. Part of the problem with the city’s leadership is that you attract either wealthy political carpet baggers that are only interested in power and their next gig – or uninspired public servants trying to maintain the status quo. The fact that the mayor of Carmel makes roughly double is embarrassing. You get what you pay for in many circumstances in life.
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