Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Essays

  • Homicide Rates and Prevention in Indianapolis

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    If the homicide rates don't continue to decline, the beautiful city of Indianapolis will not just be known for sports and amenities but criminal homicides as well. However, this has changed tremendously over the past four years. The Department of Public Safety Crime Analysis section (DPS CAS) released the criminal homicide statistic rates for the years of 2007-2010. These statistical rates pack a hard punch, for the criminal homicides which took place in 2007 and 2008 which, broke even both years

  • Women In Law Enforcement Essay

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    Alice Stebbin Wells was the first woman to be called a police officer although her main duties were that of a social worker. She started for the Los Angeles Police Department in 1910. Although many feel that since she was given police powers, Lola Baldwin was the first officer in 1905, however her role was that as a governess over social workers. During World War II, more women were hired as officers

  • Police Work Environment

    1364 Words  | 3 Pages

    Police duty and how it effects their families is a profoundly entangled discussion. Within police work, officers must keep work at work, their discretion is heavily advised. Due to unimaginable on-field experiences that police officers see, they can never talk about to anyone. The policing work environment is filled with high demand, everyday they are subject to be exposed to human misery or death (Baker). Police officers are more prone to being exposed to heart problems, high blood pressure, PTSD

  • Disadvantages Of Urban Sprawl

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    As residents in Indianapolis move their way out into the suburbs and surrounding counties they unknowingly are creating a phenomena known as urban sprawl. In short, urban sprawl is inefficient use of land. When looking for urban sprawl on a map, like pornography, you know it when you see it. Inefficient development of land farther and farther out from the epicenter of a city consumes agricultural land. The representatives of Conserving the Crossroads are writing to inform you, Congresswoman Brooks

  • Summary: City And Neighborhood Analysis

    1671 Words  | 4 Pages

    The city is also a member of a local ambulance authority that provides medical services to the city and surrounding townships. The city’s Department of Public Works is responsible for snow removal, debris pickup, and road maintenance. Other basic services provided to the subject’s neighborhood include water, sewer, gas, electric, and

  • JIMMY HOFFA

    8922 Words  | 18 Pages

    The day Jimmy Hoffa didn't come home By Pat Zacharias / The Detroit News On July 30, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa left his Lake Orion home for a meeting. Paroled from federal prison three years earlier, the former Teamster president had recently announced plans to try to wrestle back control of the union he had built with his bare knuckles from his protege -- now adversary -- Frank Fitzsimmons. Anthony Giacalone, a reputed captain of organized crime in Detroit, was supposed to meet Hoffa that day. James