EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA

EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Monday, July 28^th, 2025

4:15 p.m.  Room 307, Civic Center Complex

1. EXECUTIVE SESSION:

1. An executive session will be held prior to the open session.

2. The executive session is closed as provided by:

1. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
2. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(6)(A): With respect to any individual over whom the governing body has jurisdiction to receive information concerning the individual’s alleged misconduct.
3. I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(9): To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees.  This subdivision does not apply to a discussion of the salary, compensation, or benefits of employees during a budget process.

2. OPEN SESSION:

1. CALL TO ORDER:

2. ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS:

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

1. 1. June 23^rd, 2025 (Sutton, Johnson-Kincaid, Thompson)

4. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS:

5. PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE:

1. 1. Final Merit Interview for Officer Levi Hoehn, Officer Raylynn Vires, Officer Joshua Rauscher, Officer Nathaniel Byers, and Officer Chase Hale
   2. Probationary Period Extension for Officer Jordan Rundle
   3. Update for Probationary Officers in Field Training and SWILEA. 

6. APPLICANTS:

1. 1. 25-163
   2. 25-103
   3. 25-065
   4. 25-054

7. RETIREMENTS

1. 1. Officer Joseph Dale Dickinson, Badge Number 1231, retiring effective July 28^th, 2025, after serving twenty-five years, ten months, and sixteen days with the Evansville Police Department. 

8. RESIGNATIONS

1. 1. Officer Michael Dana Ray Bailey, Badge Number 1607, resigned effective July 1^st, 2025, after serving eleven months and sixteen days with the Evansville Police Department.
   2. Officer Lavarus Lakeith Giles, Badge Number 1423, resigned effective July 6^th, 2025, after serving eight years, eleven months, and twenty-six days with the Evansville Police Department. 
   3. Officer John Bernard Porter, Jr, Badge Number 1403, resigned effective July 14^th, 2025, after serving eleven years, five months, and seventeen days with the Evansville Police Department. 

9. REMINDERS:  

1. 1. The next scheduled meeting is Monday, August 11^th, 2025, at 4:15pm.

10. ADJOURNMENT: