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Indiana State Police Participate in Tri-State Human Trafficking Initiative
Indianapolis – Troopers and Motor Carrier Inspectors with the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division of the Indiana State Police joined neighboring states to raise awareness about human trafficking for the entire month of February. The Indiana State Police, Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Michigan State Police take the crime of human trafficking seriously and will continue to educate the public and enforce laws that crack down on traffickers.
The goal of the month-long Tri-State Human Trafficking Initiative was to train and educate those in a position to see human trafficking taking place, such as motor vehicle drivers, public transportation companies, rest area attendants and truck stop employees. These individuals can act as the eyes and ears of Indiana’s highways, and by teaching them the signs of human trafficking and how to report it, they are yet another resource to protect humans from trafficking and exploitation.
Over the month of February, the three states distributed more than 17,000 materials that included wallet cards and brochures. They conducted 180 educational events that reached 2,446 people.Â
“The terrible crime of human trafficking often goes unnoticed and unreported,†said Captain Jon Smithers of the Indiana State Police. “Educating those most likely to come in contact with these individuals is one way to combat those who condone human trafficking and empower potential victims. Through our efforts with our law enforcement partners from other states we will continue to disseminate information and hopefully save lives.â€
To report a trafficking tip, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline Resource Center at 888-373-7888 or text BeFree to 233733. The toll free number is available anywhere in the US, 24/7. The hotline received calls from Indiana regarding 243 potential human trafficking cases in 2015, making Indiana the twenty seventh highest total for potential cases reported among the states.
To learn more about Human Trafficking or request a presentation for your group, business or organization contact the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division at (317) 615-7373.
COA: 82-year-old can return home
Scott Roberts for www.theindianalawyer.com
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the Delaware Circuit Court that said an 81-year-old woman needed 24-hour care supervision at a nursing facility and allowed her to return home after it found Adult Protective Services did not present sufficient evidence she was involved in a life-threatening emergency.
Norma Jackson, now 82, was placed in the Meridian Services Gero-Pyschiatric Unit and then The Woodlands Care Center after a doctor diagnosed her with dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s disease. She had gotten into a minor crash with her car and couldn’t remember her vehicle had been towed away. When police checked on her, she also could not remember for sure who the president of the United States was.
While she was at the facilities, she also kept forgetting to take her medicines and couldn’t always remember where the bathroom was, but doctors noted she was in good physical shape. The trial court entered a protective services order June 30, finding Jackson to be an endangered adult in need of protective services for 24-hour care and supervision. It ordered Jackson to remain at the Woodlands until a medical doctor determines she is ready for discharge into a less restrictive environment, and Jackson appealed.
The court said while Jackson definitely suffers from dementia, she’s been able to arrange for the bank to pay her bills, buy her own groceries, cook her own meals and bathe.
The COA said the trial court erred in its emergency order for services for Jackson because the duration of the emergency services is indefinite. The longest an order may stay in effect is 10 days. Also, Jackson did not suffer from a life-threatening emergency, as dementia does not qualify as such. “In effect, the trial court entered an involuntary protective services order that is outlined in Indiana Code section 12-10-3-21,†Judge Paul Mathias wrote.
Mathias said in an era where more and more adults are getting dementia, it takes a life-threatening emergency for an adult to be deprived of liberty, and Jackson does not qualify. She was self-sufficient and practiced good personal hygiene. Also, even if her dementia caused a threat to her life, immediate care was not needed.
The case is Norma Jackson v Indiana Adult Protective Services, 18A02-1508-MI-1075
ceMen Travel to Toledo, Host Cincinnati Sunday
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IceMen (24-29-6-2) at Toledo (41-16-2-3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cincinnati (33-22-4-3) vs. IceMen (24-29-6-2)
Saturday, March 19th – 7:15pm EST                                                                    Sunday, March 20th –5:15pm CST
Huntington Center – Toledo, OH                                                                                    Ford Center – Evansville, IN
Broadcast: www.evansvilleicemen.com and ECHL.TV                                                                Subway Family Night
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PREVIOUS MEETINGS
This Season:
- vs Toledo – 4thmeeting, Toledo leads 2-1-0
o   10/24 – Walleye won 2-1 (in Evansville); 12/9 – IceMen won 3-2 (at Toledo)
1/15 – Walleye won 5-1 (at Toledo)
- vs Cincinnati – 8thmeeting, Cincinnati leads 5-2-0
o   11/13 – Cyclones won 2-1 (in Cincinnati); 12/11 – IceMen won 7-3 (in Evansville); 12/12 – Cyclones won 6-4 (in Cincinnati); 12/26 – IceMen won 4-2 (in Evansville);
2/13 – Cyclones won 2-0 (in Cincinnati); 2/14 – Cyclones won 4-3, OT (in Evansville); 2/23 – Cyclones won 5-2 (in Cincinnati)
Last Season:
- IceMen vs. Toledo (0-3-0)
- IceMen vs. Cincinnati (1-9-1)
All-Time:
- IceMen vs. Toledo (9-15-0)
- IceMen vs. Cincinnati(12-22-7)
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FINAL HOME GAMES
Sun. 3/20 – Cincinnati at Evansville (5:15pm) – Ford Center
                       Season Ticket Holder/Blizzard Buddies Postgame Skate
Fri. 4/1 – Cincinnati at Evansville (7:15pm) – Ford Center
                        Autism Awareness Night
Sat. 4/2 – Tulsa at Evansville (7:15pm) – Ford Center
Home Finale – TRCI Mini Stick Giveaway – Zooperstars
SEEING GREEN
The IceMen were shutout Thursday 4-0 by the Fort Wayne Komets on St. Patrick’s Day at the Ford Center. The Komets scored once in both of the first two periods, and added two more goals in the third. The game was supposed to be played on green ice to celebrate the holiday, but the quality of the ice was not good enough to play on, creating an hour-long delay. The IceMen will, however, skate on green ice Saturday at the Huntington Center in Toledo when they take on the Walleye at 7:15pm EST.
GLOVES OFF
A second period melee Thursday between the IceMen and Komets was the talk of the town at the water cooler Friday morning. An incident after a whistle that started between Fort Wayne goalie Pat Nagle and IceMen forward Vincent Dunn sparked a line brawl that resulted in seven misconducts and four ejections. The teams combined for 114 penalty minutes in the period and finished the game with 141. Dunn contributed 24 of those. The rookie from Hull, QC leads all ECHL rookies in penalty minutes (147) and fights (11). There were no suspensions handed out to either team.
TOP CATCH
Evansville faces Toledo one last time Saturday at 7:15pm EST. The Walleye lead the Eastern Conference with 87 points, are five points ahead of Manchester with two games in hand and ten games left in the regular season. Last time the IceMen went to the Huntington Center, the Walleye won 5-1, but Evansville is one of the few teams who have won in Toledo’s building. The IceMen stole a win 3-2 December 9 after trailing that game 2-0. While the IceMen had Friday off, the Walleye hosted Brampton and beat the Beast 5-0 in Toledo.
POSTGAME SKATE – MARCH 20
IceMen Season Ticket Holders and Blizzard Buddies are welcome to participate in a postgame skate Sunday, March 20 after the IceMen take on the Cincinnati Cyclones at 5:15pm at the Ford Center. Fans are encouraged to bring their own skates if they have them, as a limited number of skates will be provided.
FAITH SUNDAYS
Bring any pamphlet or program from your faith service to the Ford Center Ticket Office and receive a $5 discount on tickets anywhere in the building for Sunday home games! This Sunday, March 20, is the last Sunday game of the season, as the IceMen host the Cincinnati Cyclones at 5:15pm.
SUNDAY – SUBWAY FAMILY NIGHT
Bring your friends and family out to the Ford Center Sunday by taking advantage of the Subway Family Night ticket special. It includes a Goal Zone or Corner ticket to the game, an IceMen Subway t-shirt, and vouchers for popcorn and a soda, all for just $21. There is also an opportunity to upgrade to Center Ice or Club seats for just $4 more. Evansville hosts Cincinnati this Sunday at 5:15pm.
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Shot Officer’s Suit Against Gun Dealer Splits COA
Shot officer’s Suit Against Gun Dealer Splits COA
Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com
An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer who was shot and wounded by a suspect he killed returning fire may proceed with his lawsuit against a gun dealer that sold the gun to a straw purchaser, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The officer’s case is supported by law enforcement and public policy organizations.
In a case of first impression, three judges wrote three opinions in the case, KS&E Sports and Edward J. Ellis v. Dwayne H. Runnels, 49A02-1501-CT-42, but the majority affirmed the trial court’s denial of judgment on the pleadings in favor of KS&E Sports. Runnels alleges the gun dealer made a negligent, reckless and unlawful sale of a .40 caliber handgun to Tarus Blackburn. He and convicted felon Demetrious Martin were at KS&E Sports together when Martin told store personnel which gun he wanted. The two left, and Blackburn returned a short time later to purchase the same gun, which he sold to Martin for a $50 markup in the gun store parking lot.
Two months later, Runnels stopped Martin’s vehicle on reports he was involved in an armed robbery and shooting. Martin stepped out of the vehicle and fired twice at Runnels, and one bullet hit him in the upper pelvis. Runnels fired back, killing Martin. ATF traced the gun to KS&E Sports and Blackburn.
KS&E argued gun dealers cannot be sued for the acts of third parties under state law. I.C. 34-12-3-3 holds “a person may not bring or maintain an action against a (gun dealer) for … recovery of damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm by a third party.â€
“Runnels’ complaint expressly alleges liability based on the harm that KS&E proximately caused Runnel through their own wrongful and unreasonable misuse of a firearm; the Complaint does not couch its allegations in terms of unlawful conduct by Martin,†Judge Patricia Riley wrote in the majority opinion joined by Judge Elaine Brown. “(W)ithin the boundaries of this review, the Complaint is sufficient in setting forth valid claims and, at this point in time, I.C. § 34-12-3-3 does not bar further proceedings before the trial court.â€
Writing a separate concurrence, Brown noted the statute does not bar brining an action seeking damages relating to the unlawful activity of the gun seller. “The implication of the absence of such language Is obvious: the legislature did not intend to bar actions against firearms sellers relating to their own unlawful activity.â€
Dissenting Judge Robert Altice viewed the same issue differently, finding the case a matter of statutory interpretation that required reversing the trial court. While the majority declined to read the statute as one of immunity for gun dealers, he said the statute clearly is that. “KS&E contends that a firearms seller is immune from liability if a third party’s criminal use of the firearm damaged the plaintiff. This is true regardless of whether the firearm was sold lawfully or unlawfully.
Altice was sympathetic to the public policy concerns raised in the suit, but he said courts aren’t the proper place to decide those issues. “(W)hile the Legislature could have – and arguably should have – carved out an exception for straw purchases … it did not. The policy arguments advanced by Runnels and the various amici curiae, no matter how valid, should be directed to the legislature, not this court.â€
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WHO GETS TO CHOOSE AND FROM WHOM? by Jim Redwine
Gavel Gamut
By Jim Redwine
(Week of 21 March 2016)
WHO GETS TO CHOOSE AND FROM WHOM?
America’s two greatest strengths are its diversity and its democratic form of government. Our diversity provides input from the talents of many. Our three separate but theoretically equal branches of government keep power from consolidating in one group by dispersing it among the populace. The public maintains the right to hold power by having the right to vote for the Executive and Legislative Branches, both state and federal.
As for the Judicial Branch, not one federal judge is chosen by election and in many states judges are selected by a small number of people. The trend in America is that more and more judges at all levels are chosen by fewer and fewer people. The public usually has no input in such selections. These unelected judges may ostensibly stand for review every six or ten years or so, but in reality, they serve as long as they wish.
In each of these articles on America’s judiciary I have unequivocably stated I do not believe elected judges are any better or any worse than appointed ones. It is not the product that is the issue. The issues are: (1) who gets to select the judges; (2) from what pool of candidates can judges be taken; and, (3) how do we get rid of judges we do not want? In other words, does our current system by which we select some of our judges place the diversity of the Judicial Branch and our democracy at risk?
Because the country is presently concerned with the replacement of Justice Scalia, I will concentrate on the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS). But the growing trend to eliminate the general public from control over those who judge them is an issue at all levels.
As for SCOTUS, the following facts may help illustrate my concerns. Starting with the President having the constitutional duty to nominate justices and the Senate having the constitutional duty to “advise and consentâ€, the general public is excluded from direct input on those whose decisions affect their lives.
The President must choose the nominees from somewhere, yet neither the Constitution nor any federal legislation gives any guidance as to what qualifications, if any, the President is to consider.
While the Constitution does not require it, all justices have been lawyers. America has over two hundred law schools. Harvard and Yale are only two of these two hundred yet all eight of the sitting justices come from either Harvard or Yale.
President Ronald Reagan attended Eureka College in Illinois. Reagan nominated Anthony Kennedy, a Catholic, white, male who graduated from Harvard.
President George Herbert Walker Bush, a Yale graduate, nominated Clarence Thomas, a Catholic, African American male who also went to Yale.
President William Clinton, a Yale graduate, nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish female and a Harvard graduate. Clinton also nominated Stephen Breyer, a Jewish male who graduated from Harvard.
President George W. Bush who went to Yale, nominated John Roberts, a Catholic, white male, and a Harvard alumnus. “W†also nominated white, male, Catholic Samuel Alito who went to Yale.
President Barack Obama, a Harvard graduate, nominated one female Catholic Yale graduate, Sonia Sotomayor, and one Jewish female Harvard graduate, Elena Kagan. Obama has also nominated a replacement for Scalia. That nominee, Merrick Garland, is a Jewish male, graduate of Harvard.
It is neither nefarious nor surprising that presidents would nominate candidates from the two law schools with which they are most familiar. It is also no sin that only Jewish and Catholic judges are represented on the Court. It is probably simply the natural consequence of drawing all of the Supreme Court judges from an extremely small pool. That the culture, ethnicity, religion and numerous other sociological factors might be similar is to be expected when dealing with a small sample of Americans.
The problems that need to be addressed are the unintended weakening of diversity in the pool and a lack of democracy in the selection process. In a country of 330 million people containing 50 states, hundreds of law schools, numerous religions and ethnic backgrounds, an entire branch of government should not be populated by only two religions and two law schools, regardless of which religions and which law schools they may be. This is especially true where one person nominates the judges and the terms of those judges may extend far beyond the term of the president who nominated them.