During public testimony on the city budget proposal Monday evening, speakers asked for guardrails on the police technology known as automated license plate readers.
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Public safety — including what leaders say is a gap between what crime statistics show and how safe people feel — remains one of downtown’s thorniest challenges. Perceptions of safety and actual risk can influence when employees leave work, where people park and whether visitors stay downtown after dark.
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The city has moved hundreds of people moved into housing in the last year, but the number of people becoming homeless continues to outpace the gains.
IBJ readers give downtown strong marks for restaurants and entertainment, and many are enthusiastic about development taking place in the urban core. But views are mixed about public safety.
The program is initially available at 13 airports, including Indianapolis International Airport.
IBJ spoke with Jacob Houk, president of Indianapolis-based Hays & Sons, a property restoration company, about the first steps to take — from documenting damage to contacting insurers and finding a qualified restoration company.
In Noblesville, Mayor Chris Jensen said more than 550 residential units have been impacted by the flooding.
PS&E said its $125,000 donation comes on behalf of its Fever, Pacers and Boom franchises. The Indianapolis Colts are also providing $125,000 to the effort.
The emergency continues across many areas of the state, including central Indiana, where more than 90 people and their pets were rescued Saturday as floodwaters rose along the White River in Indianapolis.
The maker of a vast roadside camera network used by law enforcement said it would require officers to label every search with a criminal case number and automatically review all searches for “abnormal activity.”
The agency did not back away from its conclusion that the company remains linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday warned consumers not to eat shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
Authorities have not yet identified a specific produce grower or supplier responsible for the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has hospitalized more than 80 people.
The proposal was motivated by an April incident in which gunshots were fired at the front door of Councilor Ron Gibson.
The Noblesville City Council approved two resolutions on Tuesday as initial funding steps for the new 58,917-square-foot, two-story facility.
At IMPD’s real-time crime center, analysts have access to live feeds, updates and search options from more than 300 license plate readers, 160 IMPD-owned cameras, about 150 cameras outside of businesses.
Over the next two months, neighborhoods across Indianapolis will gather to build temporary, resident-led science experiments on Indianapolis’ roadways.
Indianapolis will likely move the start time for curfew restrictions two hours earlier through August in a public safety maneuver.
Thousands of basketball fans will begin arriving in Indianapolis next week for an unprecedented weekend in college men’s basketball, and public officials have a plan to keep them safe.
Transportation Security Administration leader Ha Nguyen McNeill called the impasse a “dire situation” and said legislators should “look at all options on the table.”
About 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers are expecting to receive another $0 paycheck this week.
Surrounded by dense residential developments and workplaces, the plaza was a buzzy spot when it opened in 2018. Eight years later, it is more frequently a loitering spot, where people have been known to abuse drugs and alcohol.
