We never heard.
I wasn't feeling all that well Nov/Dec of last year and guess I just missed all of this. Hope it all turned out ok for everyone.
We never heard.
I mean that works for the rest of us, doesn't it?
They continued to detain him after being presented with an LTCH? You mean Officer Highsmith and Officer Elliot willfully broke the law, as clearly stated by the Indiana Supreme Court?
Why haven't they been charged for the illegal detentions? There are IMPD officers on this site... what are you going to do to ensure those officers who illegally detained American citizens who broke no law are brought to justice? Your fellow officers illegally seized private property, made demands with no basis in law, and they have not been arrested. Ya'll are always complaining about the cop bashing on this site, here's a chance to do something about it.... arrest your fellow officers who have clearly committed several crimes.
Or be part of their wrongdoing. It's an easy choice... be a cop and uphold the law, or conspire with criminals to help them continue their illegal activities.
Ima go ahead and quote this again...Just in case of that less than .001% chance an IMPD officer hasn't read this yet.
I don't know if that was your quote or not but if it was let me know so I can rep you for it.
If I've already repped you for it thats OK too. A post like that needs to be repped as much as possible.
Heck I'll rep you just for reposting it.
Ima go ahead and quote this again...Just in case of that less than .001% chance an IMPD officer hasn't read this yet.
I'm sure all of the 5 or 6 IMPD officers on INGO have read it, but that leaves ~1595 that aren't on INGO that most likely haven't.
That's not what I asked.
My mistake. I went back a page and figured out the question.
Was this post ever addressed by one of the several IMPD officers we have on this site?
Detaining someone in handcuffs during an investigation is allowed both by law and our rules & regs,
Wow, two "Shooters" in this thread!
Sure, file a complaint. In some towns that will get bogus charges filed against you, costing several thousand dollars to beat. And then you'll have to fight to get your LTCH reinstated. And to top it all off Indiana law makes it virtually impossible for a single citizen to pursue civil remedies, all it takes is one less than morally upstanding officer and a compliant prosecutor and everyone is covered from civil liability. The officer is covered because the prosecutor signed off on it, the prosecutor is covered because the officer swore to it and a judge issued the warrant.As far as me arresting another officer for detaining the OCers and taking their guns, its not my place. Detaining someone in handcuffs during an investigation is allowed both by law and our rules & regs, and a brief detention does not rise to the level of Criminal Confinement or Kidnapping, even if it is continued after the LTCH is presented. If the detained person feels that the detention is illegal, they need to make a complaint to the appropriate entity within the department and it will be taken from there. If it is determined that an officer does need to be arrested, the determination is most likely made by a consensus of the Chief of Police and the Prosecutor, with much input by the Professional Standards Unit (fancy name for Internal Affairs).
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Sure, file a complaint. In some towns that will get bogus charges filed against you, costing several thousand dollars to beat. And then you'll have to fight to get your LTCH reinstated. And to top it all off Indiana law makes it virtually impossible for a single citizen to pursue civil remedies, all it takes is one less than morally upstanding officer and a compliant prosecutor and everyone is covered from civil liability. The officer is covered because the prosecutor signed off on it, the prosecutor is covered because the officer swore to it and a judge issued the warrant.
Sorry for the rant, but everytime I see "file a complaint" my blood boils.
I honestly believe you. Although my personal experience has made me slightly cynical I have never been a person to bash the police. There are bad apples in every cart, that doesn't mean every apple in the cart is bad.That may be true with small town good-ole-boy departments, but with IMPD its a completely different story.