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Complete My Legislative Survey

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The 2018 legislative session kicked off this week, and I would like to hear your feedback on important issues lawmakers will be examining throughout the next few months.

Visit www.in.gov/h76 and click on “2018 Legislative Survey” to complete the survey before the Jan. 31 deadline. On the survey, you will be asked to share your thoughts on what issues should be addressed during the 2018 session. Your input will guide me as I vote on proposals for new laws.

This year, I will work with my fellow lawmakers to provide resources to Hoosiers looking to obtain a better-paying job in a high-demand field and tackle the opioid epidemic, as well as finding ways to further streamline government.

Throughout session, you can share your thoughts with me any time at h76@iga.in.gov or 317-232-9816.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you and your family, and I look forward to hearing from you.

January 8th Police Merit Agenda

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EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

Monday, January 8, 2018

2:00 p.m.  Room 307, Civic Center Complex

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
  1. An executive session and a closed hearing will be held prior to the open session.
  1. The executive session and hearing are 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.
  1. OPEN SESSION:
  1. CALL TO ORDER
  1. ACKNOWLEDGE GUESTS
  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
    1. December 11, 2017  (Cook, and Scott)
  1. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS
  1. PROBATIONARY OFFICER UPDATE
    1. Sergeant Steve Kleeman – 15 officers in field training
  1. REQUEST FOR FUNDS
    1. Sergeant Doug Schneider requests $6,200.00 to the Deaconess Comp Center for required applicant pre-employment medical exams for the 2018 calendar year.
    2. Sergeant Doug Schneider requests $9,000.00 to Luzio & Associates Behavioral Services for required applicant pre-employment psychological exams for the 2018 calendar year.
    3. Sergeant Doug Schneider requests $2,000.00 to VenuWorks for expenses relating to the use of the Victory Theatre for hiring, awards, and SWILEA graduation ceremonies in 2018.
    4. Sergeant Doug Schneider requests $200.00 to Siegel’s for merit award ribbons that are earned and distributed within 2018.
    5. Sgt. Doug Schneider requests $500.00 to Stanard & Associates for candidate and training materials for sworn and merit board oral interviews for the 2018 applicant process.
    6. Sgt. Doug Schneider requests $3,000.00 for disciplinary hearing transcription services provided by Tri-State Reporting.
    7. Sgt. Doug Schneider requests $2,360.00 for the purchase of applicant written tests from the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police for the 2018 applicant testing process.
  1. MERIT AWARD RECOMMENDATION
    1. Officers Steve Carlile, Eric Middendorf, Tim Morris, Paul Jacobs, Eric Krogman, and Rob Pylant for actions taken on June 27, 2017 at a house explosion in the 1700 Block of Hercules.
  1. MERIT COMMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
    1. Election of Merit Commission officers for 2018.
  1. REMINDERS:  The scheduled meeting for Monday, January 22, 2018 is cancelled and moved to Monday, January 29, 2018.  The Executive Session will begin at approximately 2:00pm, following the awards and hiring ceremony.

 

  1. ADJOURNMENT

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JUST IN: Third Quarter Sinks Eagles In Top 25 Battle

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Host Drury University used a 14-0 run to begin the second half and hand No. 9/20 University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball a 71-55 Great Lakes Valley Conference setback Saturday afternoon.After first half that featured six ties and six lead changes, the No. 8/20 Panthers (12-1, 4-0 GLVC) outscored the Eagles 23-12 in the third quarter to take a 59-45 lead into the final 10 minutes.USI (11-2, 3-1 GLVC) saw its deficit balloon to as much as 21 points early in the fourth quarter before trimming Drury’s lead to as little as 16.

Senior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) led the Eagles with a game-high 20 points, while senior forward Morgan Dahlstrom (Grayslake, Illinois) had 17 points and seven rebounds.

Junior forward Lucia Fernandez had 16 points to lead the Panthers, who also got 13 points and 12 rebounds from sophomore forward Hailey Diestelkamp.

The Eagles return to action Thursday at 5:30 p.m. when they host the University of Indianapolis in a GLVC East Division contest at the Physical Activities Center.

Notes:
Dahlstrom and Grooms accounted for USI’s first 21 points of the game…USI falls to 0-8 against the Panthers in Springfield, Missouri, and 0-10 all-time against Drury away from the PAC…Drury shot 49.1 percent (26-53) from the field and outscored the Eagles 34-22 in the paint…USI was 20-of-48 (.417) from the field…Drury’s reserves outscored USI’s bench 19-7…USI Head Coach Rick Stein missed the game after the passing of his father Friday morning.

1st Quarter (USI 19-18)
USI, which shot 8-of-15 (.533) from the field in the first 10 minutes, ended the opening period on a 5-0 run to claim a one-point advantage heading into the second quarter. Grooms and Dahlstrom had 10 and nine points, respectively, to lead the Eagles in the first frame.

2nd Quarter (DU 18-14)
The Eagles missed their first five shots from the field as the Panthers grabbed a six-point lead midway through the period. USI recovered to shoot 4-of-6 from the field to close the half as it went into the break facing a 36-33 halftime deficit. Junior guard Alex Davidson (Salem, Indiana) led USI with five points in the second quarter.

3rd Quarter (DU 23-11)
Drury scored the first 14 points of the third quarter to build a commanding 50-33 lead. USI missed its first five shots of the half and had five turnovers before a bucket by Dahlstrom broke the Drury run. Grooms had four points in the third quarter to lead USI, which went into the final 10 minutes trailing 59-44.

4th Quarter (DU 12-10)
The Panthers opened the fourth quarter with a 10-2 run, extending their lead to 68-47 with just over seven minutes to play in the contest. Dahlstrom had six points in the final period to lead the Eagles, who closed the contest by outscoring Drury 8-2.

Newspaper Box Score
Southern Indiana vs Drury
01/06/18 1 p.m. at Springfield, MO/O’Reilly Event Center

DRURY 71, SOUTHERN INDIANA 55

SOUTHERN INDIANA (11-2, 3-1 GLVC)
Grooms, Kaydie 7-13 4-6 20; Dahlstrom, Morgan 7-11 3-5 17; Johnson, Ashley 2-3 1-2 6; Eschweiler, Kacy 3-6 0-0 6; Davidson, Alex 1-5 2-2 5; DeHart, Emma 0-0 1-2 1; Rowan, Mikayla 0-4 0-0 0; Sherwood, Morgan 0-3 0-0 0; Guy, Imani 0-0 0-0 0; Harshbarger, Randa 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-48 11-17 55.

DRURY (12-1, 4-0 GLVC)
Fernandez, Lucia 6-7 4-6 16; Diestelkamp, Hailey 4-8 5-7 13; Heinzler, Alice 4-12 1-1 11; Harman, Heather 4-9 0-0 10; Parker, Emily 2-3 1-2 6; Vaught, Lexie 2-3 0-0 6; Lynch, Azia 2-3 0-1 4; Richards, Payton 1-6 0-0 3; Bernard, Daejah 1-1 0-2 2; Shipley, Lauren 0-0 0-0 0; Stanfield, Brooke 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 11-19 71.

Southern Indiana…………..   19   14   12   10  -   55
Drury…………………….   18   18   23   12  -   71

3-point goals—Southern Indiana 4-8 (Grooms, Kaydie 2-3; Davidson, Alex 1-4; Johnson, Ashley 1-1), Drury 8-27 (Heinzler, Alice 2-9; Harman, Heather 2-6; Vaught, Lexie 2-3; Richards, Payton 1-6; Parker, Emily 1-1; Stanfield, Brooke 0-1; Diestelkamp, Hailey 0-1). Fouled out—Southern Indiana-Davidson, Alex, Drury-None. Rebounds—Southern Indiana 29 (Dahlstrom, Morgan 7), Drury 31 (Diestelkamp, Hailey 12). Assists—Southern Indiana 9 (Rowan, Mikayla 3), Drury 12 (Bernard, Daejah 4). Total fouls—Southern Indiana 21, Drury 23. Technical fouls—Southern Indiana-None, Drury-None. Attendance—1205.

 

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Scott tallies double-double as Aces fall at ISU

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Evansville defense dominates early before Sycamores find rhythm
Junior center Kelsi Scott recorded a double-double to lead the Purple Aces as the University of Evansville could not hold off Indiana State late in a 56-48 loss on Friday night in Terre Haute, Ind. at the Hulman Center.

Scott scored 10 points and recorded a career-high 13 rebounds while sophomore guard Macie Lively added 10 points of her own and tied a career-high with eight boards. The Aces opened the game shooting 36.7% (11-30) from the field in the first half, but finished the game shooting 20% (5-25) in the second half. Indiana State was led by Wendi Bibbins who scored a game-high 16 points, adding eight rebounds and five blocks. Evansville stifled the Sycamores in the opening half, keeping Indiana State to just 15.8% (6-38) shooting from the field. The Sycamores found their rhythm in the second half, shooting 42.4 % (14-33).

After the Sycamores scored the first bucket of the contest, Evansville went on an 8-0 run to pull out to an 8-2 lead. Following a pair of Indiana State free throws with 7:54 left in the opening quarter, both teams endured a 3:20 scoreless streak ended by a layup by Miller. The Sycamores twice cut their deficit to a basket late in the first quarter, but Noe ended the period with a layup to give the Aces a 14-10 lead after the first 10 minutes.

Evansville quickly took control in the second quarter as the Aces went on a 9-0 run to increase their lead to 23-10 with 5:12 left before the half. Defensively, the Aces shined in the second quarter, holding the Sycamores to just five points and taking a 25-15 advantage to the break.

Coming out of the half, Indiana State pushed back. The Sycamores went on a 10-1 run over the first 3:30 to trim the Aces’ lead to 26-25. In the following two minutes, Evansville responded and increased its lead back to five at 30-25, but Indiana State continued to find answers as the Aces lead sat at just one at 36-35 heading into the final quarter.

After Noe opened the quarter with a three, Indiana State responded and gained momentum again. The Sycamores went on a 20-9 in the final period and shot 46.7% from the field to grab the lead and come away with the 56-48 win.

The Aces get a full week off from competition before traveling to take on UNI on Friday, January 12 and wrapping-up the three-game road swing on Sunday, January 14 at Drake.

Confinement Officer Arrested on Felony Battery Charges

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The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a confinement officer on charges of Battery resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The arrest stems from an on-duty incident in which Confinement Officer Joshua Davis was found to have used excessive and unjustifiable force against a Vanderburgh County Jail inmate.

During the early morning hours of Monday, January 01, 2018 Officer Davis was conducting inmate “roll call” in one of the housing units at the jail. While verifying the inmate count, Officer Davis was subjected to a series of verbal taunts from a group of inmates. Officer Davis elected to enter a cell and challenge one of the inmates to a confrontation, which culminated in Davis striking the inmate several times in the face. The inmate fell and struck his head on a metal bunk, resulting in serious bodily injury.

The jail command staff began an immediate review of the incident and determined that the force used by Officer Davis was not justifiable. The incident was then referred to the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Section. The inmates who were present during the altercation were interviewed and available surveillance video preserved.

Officer Davis was interviewed by a Sheriff’s Office detective this morning and admitted to entering the cell and striking the inmate. After his statement was taken, Officer Davis was placed into custody and booked into the jail. His employment with the office was terminated shortly after his arrest.

Sheriff Dave Wedding stated, “Officer Davis has been an employee for approximately seven months, having completed his training in August of 2017. All confinement officers are trained in verbal de-escalation techniques, inmate management, defensive tactics and the legal aspects of the use of force. Nothing in the way Officer Davis conducted himself last Monday conformed to his training or met the minimum standards of conduct we expect from our officers and deputies.” Sheriff Wedding added, “While the job of a confinement officer is emotionally challenging, we do not excuse illegal conduct and will always hold our staff accountable for their actions.”

ARRESTED: 

Joshua Jemuel Davis, 30, of Evansville. Battery resulting in Serious Bodily Injury as a Level 5 Felony.

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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http://www.vanderburghsheriff.com/recent-booking-records.aspx

DCS Evaluation, Redistricting Reform Dominate Legislature

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By City County Observer StateHouse Editor, Gail Riecken
The Statehouse File report of the first meeting of the 2018 legislative session acknowledges Speaker Bosma endorsing the upcoming evaluation of DCS. However, one must question why the Speaker stated at that meeting the problems are not monetary. “I think it’s best for these experts to dive in, give some recommendations and then we can act on them,” Bosma said. “We added $600 million—well over half a billion dollars—to the DCS budget just this biennium. So it’s not a money issue.”
That singular statement ties the hands of the evaluation council company proposed by the Governor and now endorsed by the Speaker and damages the credibility of any final report.
Certainly the problems have been other than money, but many have been tied to money-including underpaid staff, underpaid residential facilities, lack of effective recruitment training-including training, lack of adequate funding for foster care, ongoing training and supervision of foster families and the children living there, all costing money.
These issues were continuously addressed with improvements by the recent director, former judge Mary Beth Bonaventura, when I was watching the DCS as a state representative, but that doesn’t mean the problems were solved.
There was a committee that was supposed to act as an independent committee to oversee the operation, the DCS Oversight Committee, but under the Republican leadership became a useless “reporting out” waste of time. This committee could have done its job, if the government, including the legislative majority party leadership, would have stopped worrying about public embarrassment and started thinking about how transparency can produce progress toward real success in protecting the health and welfare of our children.
Government officials, including the legislature should not hamper the investigation. Government should not limit the evaluation process. And, you and I need to know more about this company that is heading up the evaluation.
A couple of weeks ago, I asked an IndyStar reporter to investigate the company being hired to evaluate. I did not get a response. But we, the public, need to know the company’s credentials. What are the 20 states that they have serviced? What has been their experience? Who are the principles of the company and what is their background? And, now, I add why does the Speaker deny the money issue knowing it has been front burner for years and the recent director, Director Bonaventura, claims it remains an issue?

Former IU McKinney Dean Dies At 70

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IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law alumna and former dean and professor Susanah M. Mead has died, the school announced Thursday.

Mead died Dec. 23 at the age of 70, the school said. She was a 1976 graduate of the Indianapolis law school, where she returned to begin a legal education career in 1978 after clerking for two years for former Indiana Court of Appeals Chief Judge Paul H. Buchanan.

Mead’s service to the law school included positions as a legal writing instructor, professor of torts and product liability and director of the legal writing program. She also created the Dean’s Tutorial Society, which was one of the first organized, volunteer law school peer-tutoring programs in the country.

After being named associated dean for academic affairs in 1997, Mead began to work on the capital campaign that led to the construction of Lawrence W. Inlow Hall. She was then named interim dean of the law school in 2005, a position she held until 2007 as the first woman and alumnus to serve as dean. Mead was also one of IU McKinney’s first tenured female law professors.

 “She became more than just a friend and colleague – but also a role model for how to handle even the most difficult issues with patience, thoughtfulness, and grace,” current Dean Andrew Klein, who served as associate dean for academic affairs under Mead, said in a statement. “Perhaps the core of what I learned from Susie is the importance for a leader to confront challenges head-on, and the value of doing so in an open and civil fashion.”

Aside from her work with the law school, Mead was active in Indiana’s legal community, serving as the co-chair of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Conclave on Legal Education in 2007, and on the bar’s Buchanan Award selection committee. She received multiple honors for her legal contributions, including being named as an Indianapolis Bar Foundation Distinguished Fellow in 2006, receiving the ISBA’s Presidential Citation in 2007 and being recognized as an Indiana Lawyer Leadership in Law Distinguished Barrister in 2009. IU McKinney also honored mead as it Law Alumna of the Year in 2007.

A memorial service for Mead will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Christ Church Cathedral on Monument Circle, with a reception to follow at the Woodstock Club, 1301 W. 38th St., Indianapolis. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mead’s memory to the Indiana University Foundation, P.O. Box 6460, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Her daughters, Holly, Edie and Sybil, plan to use the funds to support a scholarship for women law students at IU McKinney.

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