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15 thoughts on “IMPD faces tough competition for police recruits

  1. Who wants to work in a police department where the anti-police activism in a city
    is rampant. Anti- cop people videoing your every move for a gotcha moment
    to destroy your career. One mess during a explosive adrenaline moment
    could end your career and you’ve lost everything.

    Police can make as much in many suburban communities with out all the nonsense.

    1. Agreed. I would add that $62k a year is not nearly enough for what the job entails. No way I would risk my life and put up with what cops do for that much money, especially when you can almost always make more in the surrounding suburbs. That kind of pay is not going to attract and keep the better recruits.

    2. One mess during an explosive adrenaline moment? Like shooting someone when you have 3-4 other measures to deescalate before the handgun needs to be used? Or using excessive force when it is nowhere near necessary. Those aren’t gotcha moments, those are accountability. Police are supposed to serve and protect not abuse and murder

  2. Why would anyone in their right mind come to a George Soros led prosecutor and mayor’s city? I pray for the officers indicted for political gain. Anyone who doesn’t see where this all ends have their eyes shut. Social workers are not going to go out on a violent psychopath who even their family can’t control. And then to indict the officers who do respond. Good Luck. Hello Portland, Seattle, DC, St Louis, Minneapolis, LA, (Fill In Democratic Socialist City Here).

    1. Agreed,
      That indictment a couple of weeks ago was just another reason for police
      applicants to think twice before considering Indianapolis.

    2. There’s only two major cities in America that are Republican led…. It’s such a silly comparison.

      Indy IMPD make 100k full package their first year and never chase nor leave their cars….

      Seems pretty cushy

    3. Good to see JJ Frankie J. volunteering for this critical role. Here is the link-

  3. Keith, Recording police doesn’t equate to anti-police, if they are not doing anything wrong it shouldn’t be a big deal at all. Accountability is important and there are bad officers on every single major police force. A police career isn’t “everything” but one “mess” could also cost someone their life and THAT is everything!

    1. Joe A.
      Agreed that police need to be held accountable. There are bad police officers
      also that need to be monitored and kept in check.
      But constantly demeaning the police and trying to trip them up to destroy
      their careers or endanger their physical safety is NOT helping the
      recruiting & retention process one bit.

      Police are human beings. Push then hard enough and often enough their response
      will be less than pleasant. That’s what the anti – police activists try to do.

      There are many anti—cop activists looking for any opportunity to
      trip up an officer. They do it by getting up on the cop trying to distract and interfere.
      Trying to anger the officer into an inappropriate response for a gotcha moment.

      Then there are the sky high sky high intensity moments when the adrenaline is pumping rapidly and the cop is not suppose to utter an unpleasant word.
      Or worse may use force that is deemed unnecessary by a slight degree.

      There’s a reason why a person must be 25 feet back to video a cop.

      That said, the Blue Wall was of Silence is crumbling very rapidly.

    2. A sound line of reasoning that it is perfectly reasonable to apply to teachers as well. More often than not, the bodycam has vindicated the cop. If they aren’t doing anything wrong, both teachers and cops should be perfectly fine with the public viewing their every move when they’re on the clock.

    3. Lauren,
      True,
      Not all, but most Police Officers like wearing body cams they wear. It protects
      them from false accusations.

      The videoing that I’m referring to are the the anti – cop activists that are up close up
      interferring with the police. A lot of anti – cop activists trying to catch cops in a
      gotcha moment. They are out there causing problems and getting in the way.
      Looking for that slip up so they can destroy a cops career.

      That’s why the state legislature put limits on how close civilians can get
      to video. Because of people getting up in the cops faces.

      People videoing must now stand back 25 feet by law. A very reasonable distance
      so they’re not getting in the way of a crime scene or an arrest.

    4. Lauren,
      Seriously,
      You would be ok with your every move being scrutinized and videoed for a
      gotcha moment??? I find that hard to believe.

      I’ve always Worked hard and tried to do my very best on the job. But I sure
      as hell don’t want my every move being videoed. That is utter nonsense.
      Especially from someone trying to disparage my work.

  4. After watching how Mayor Hogsett mishandled the downtown riots, he deserves this struggle. Unfortunately, the good people of Indianapolis, some of whom are afraid to come out of their homes, do not.

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