Crocus is a 2-year-old female Am Staff/Border Collie mix. She was pulled from Evansville Animal Care & Control with several of her friends when they were out of kennel space. Her adoption fee is $110 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!
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EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Monday, June 11, 2018
4:00 p.m. Room 307, Civic Center Complex
- EXECUTIVE SESSION:
- An executive session and a closed hearing will be held prior to the open session.
- The executive session and hearing are closed as provided by:
- I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5): To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
- 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.
- 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.
- OPEN SESSION:
- CALL TO ORDER
- ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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- May 14, 2018Â (Cook, Scott, and Hamilton)
- APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
- PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE
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- Sergeant Steve Kleeman – 15 officers in field training.
- MERIT AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS:
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- Officer Kyle Thiry for actions taken on May 11th on an active shooter situation in the 2400 Block of North Kentucky.
- PAST PERFORMANCE RATING APPEAL:
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- Officer Jarid Harris requests an appeal hearing regarding his 2017 past performance rating.
- RESIGNATIONS:
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- Officer Taylor Garcia-Grisham, Badge Number 1437, resigned effective June 6, 2018 after serving 10 months and 26 days.
- RETIREMENT:
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- Officer Troy White, Badge Number 1205, retiring effective May 31, 2018 after serving 21 years, 2 months, and 14 days.
- Officer Greg Young, Badge Number 1159, retiring effective September 15, 2018 after serving 24 years and 8 days.
- COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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- Discussion of disciplinary hearing procedures.
- DISCIPLINARY MATTERS
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- 18-PO-03 – Officer Marc McDowell, Badge Number 1242 – 1 day suspension. Appealed on 1/25/18. Matter is set for hearing on June 11, 2018.
- 18-PO-04 – Officer Rob Pylant, Badge Number 1257 – 1 day suspension. No appeal filed.  Tabled from May 14, 2018 meeting.
- REMINDERS:Â The next meeting is June 25th at 4:00pm in Room 307.Â
- ADJOURNMENT
JUST IN: STAN LEVCO ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR VANDERBURGH COUNTY PROSECUTOR
Stan Levco Announces Bid for November 2018
While making the announcement, Levco called out current Republican Prosecutor Nick Hermann, claiming he has been ineffective in the courtroom.
According to Levco, Herman’s last seven and a half years in office have been unacceptable.
Levco boasted his own record in court, saying he has tried more than 20 murder cases and got guilty verdicts in each case.
Nick Hernamm has yet to comment on the recent announcement.
STAN LEVCO TO RUN FOR VANDERBURGH COUNTY PROSECUTOR
STAN LEVCO FOR PROSECUTOR-A MAN OF CONVICTIONÂ
(Vanderburgh County Democratic Party News Release as of June 7, 2018)
I’m Stan Levco and I am running for Prosecutor of Vanderburgh County.
I’ve chosen to make my announcement in this courtroom to emphasize the difference between me and Mr. Hermann in the courtroom.
Mr. Hermann took office 7 1â„2 years ago after having been found to be ineffective in trial by the Indiana Court of Appeals. I don’t know of any other attorney in Vanderburgh County, who has had a case reversed because of his incompetence in the courtroom.
His record and his office’s record has confirmed the Court of Appeals finding of ineffectiveness.
Since 2016, his office has tried 92 jury trials. The jury returned not guilty verdicts in41 of those cases. That’s 45%, not guilties and that doesn’t count 12 other verdicts where the defendant was found guilty of a lesser charge, such as the Aleah Beckerle case.
That’s unacceptable. Vanderburgh County deserves better than that. I can do and I have done much better than that.
The murder rate in Vanderburgh County has increased dramatically the past few years. Last year in 2017 it was the highest number of murders ever. This year may break that record.
And if you can’t convict someone charged with murder and that person goes out and murder other people, that directly affects the murder rate.
During my time as Vanderburgh County Prosecutor, I tried over 20 murder cases. In every one, the Defendant was convicted of murder, as charged.
Vanderburgh County needs a Prosecutor who knows how to get convictions and knows how to direct a staff who can be successful in the courtroom.
One thing I believe Mr. Hermann has done well is to promote himself. He’s buried ineffectiveness of his office in commercials, publicity efforts, and We Tip promotions. It doesn’t matter how many tips he gets if he can’t convict.
But the primary job of Prosecutor should be for him and his staff to effectively prosecute criminals and as Prosecuting Attorney, I will devote my efforts to an effective prosecution, not self-promotion.
In the next 5 months, I will be contrasting the difference between me and
Mr. Hermann and I believe after the voters have examined our records, they will decide it’s time to restore competence to the Prosecutor’s Office.
FOOTNOTE: This news release was posted by the City-County Observer without opinion, bias or editing.
Late Grand Slam Propels Otters Past Grizzlies
A Trae Santos single in the top of the first inning scored Artemis Kadkhodian to give the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead.
Gateway doubled their lead in the second on a Kevin Martir RBI single.
The Otters mounted a late rally in the eighth. With one out, Ryan Long began the charge with a sharp single to right. David Cronin then walked, and after a Toby Thomas fly out to left, Jeff Gardner walked to load the bases. On an 0-1 pitch, Travis Harrison drilled a home run, his third of the year, over the left field wall for a grand slam, putting the Otters up 4-2.
Mitch Aker came on to shut the door in the ninth, recording two strike outs en route to his league leading eighth save of the season.
Otters starter Luc Rennie receives a no-decision despite a stellar outing. Rennie went seven innings and struck out a career high 11 batters while giving up just two runs.
Kyano Cummings earns his first win of the year after pitching a scoreless eighth.
Mike Elwood receives a no decision for the Grizzlies despite throwing 6.1 innings of shutout baseball and allowing only three hits.
Colton Freeman is saddled with the loss after being charged with three of the four runs in the eighth inning.
The rubber match of the series will be Thursday, June 7 at 6:35 p.m. at Bosse Field.
Tomorrow will be the first Thirsty Thursday of the year with special price drafts brought to you by Working Distributors.
“READERS FORUM” JUNE 7, 2018
We hope that today’s “Readers Forumâ€Â will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?
WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
Todays “Readers Poll†question is: Do you support the current State GOP political platform that states marriage is between one man and one woman?
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