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Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
This analysis will compare our current progressive discipline matrix to models set forth in other cities, in much the same way that our efforts to review use of force policy produced today’s changes. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
That is why this afternoon, I am joined by members of the Civilian Police Merit Board, who I have asked to oversee a full review of IMPD’s discipline policy – a policy that falls within that board’s legal jurisdiction. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
But I also recognize that our ongoing reform of the Use of Force Review Board and modernization of use of force policies is not sufficient. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
This change contains principles consistent with the continuum of force principles that are currently being discussed nationally and we believe will lead to better outcomes for our officers and the community. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Eighth, this new policy clearly specifies rules for using various levels of less-lethal force. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Seventh, this new policy requires comprehensive reporting of lethal and non-lethal uses of force. This was already required in existing policy but has been clearly reiterated in the new policy. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Sixth, these new orders include a clear prohinition on shooting into moving vehicles. In addition, this new policy prohibits shooting from a moving vehicle. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Fifth, we are creating a duty to intervene and report when another officer uses inappropriate force, which was previously required through other mechanisms but now will be explicitly included in our new use of force policy. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
But while there are de-escalation provisions in our existing General Orders, they largely have referenced issues related to mental health issues. We are now placing those de-escalation guidelines explicitly in the use-of-force policy. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Fourth, we are providing clearly defined de-escalation requirements: at the recommendation of our Criminal Justice Reform Task Force, IMPD has redoubled efforts to implement de-escalation training for some time. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Third, while it’s long been true that IMPD training did not consider the use of chokeholds an appropriate technique, and IMPD officers are not trained to do them, we are explicitly placing that prohibition in the new use-of-force policy. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Second, we are updating our requirement for identification and warning before deadly force is used to similarly reflect national best practices. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
We are proposing that language as our standard verbatim. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Here is what it seeks to address: First, we are updating the department’s standard for using deadly force. Community leaders and other advocates pointed to California’s standard for using deadly force as a national best practice, and we have adopted it wholeheartedly. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
But it has been clear in listening to those who have spoken out that our use of force policies can and should be improved. So this morning, Chief Randal Taylor has submitted a new draft use of force policy to the IMPD General Orders Committee. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
To provide background, we implemented an update to IMPD’s use of force policy in 2016, shortly after I took office. Just last week, we also submitted long-needed changes to create the department’s Use of Force Review Board. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
That’s why I want to provide an update on something our community has called for that is the right thing to do: the modernization of our police department’s use of force policy. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
These problems are massive – tumors of hate that have grown largely unchecked for centuries – but no matter how complicated these times may seem, let there be no confusion: we are confronted in this moment with matters of basic morality. Matters of basic right and wrong. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
And if we who have been entrusted with public office are not willing to take that which we have heard and then act, the truth is that through inaction we have become knowing accomplices in the crimes of injustice they seek to abolish. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
To my fellow residents, I want to say: you should be listening, too. For if we aren’t listening to what our neighbors are saying on the streets – each and every one of us – we are failing not just ourselves, and them, but our city as a whole. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
The simple truth is this: we must hear the anguished cries of our Black neighbors who were born into a system where – from the moment of birth – they are forced to bear the weight of 400 years of oppression. They call us to not just see this reality but to be agents of change. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Over the last four days, I have been inspired by the displays of protest that have filled our streets. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
We will be kicking off our press conference in just a few minutes. Tune in live: https://t.co/yKPvjmkKWd — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Each day, @IndyDPW crews help to clean-up the Mile Square. Since Friday, these crews have been working even harder to board up buildings, clean up glass, and help repair damage. Thank you to Jane and Janet for letting me join you on your route today. https://t.co/h7vrR4fHIK — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
For some time, we have urged that this grave monument belongs in a museum, not in a park, but no organization has stepped forward to assume that responsibility. Time is up, and this grave marker will come down. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Whatever original purpose this grave marker might once have had, for far too long it has served as nothing more than a painful reminder of our state’s horrific embrace of the Ku Klux Klan a century ago. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
Our streets are filled with voices of anger and anguish, testament to centuries of racism directed at Black Americans. We must name these instances of discrimination and never forget our past – but we should not honor them. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
The grave monument was then relocated to Garfield Park in 1928 following efforts by public officials, active in the KKK, who sought to “make the monument more visible to the public.” — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
The grave monument was commissioned in 1912 for Greenlawn Cemetery to commemorate Confederate prisoners of war who died while imprisoned at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. — PolitiTweet.org
Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe
This morning, I announced that a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a prison camp in Indianapolis will be removed from its current location in Garfield Park. — PolitiTweet.org
