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The Evansville Police Department has issued Digital Ally body worn cameras to all of their officers who work in patrol and uniformed specialty units. 

In conjunction with the cameras being issued, the department has crafted a policy that governs their usage. Officers will be using the cameras when they are performing official police functions. That includes self-initiated activities and dispatched runs.
The videos will be uploaded on a secure server and can be used in criminal and internal investigations. Officers can only access their videos to view them and to label them for future reference.
Although the cameras have only been out for 10 days, video footage has already been included in 2 separate complaints against officers. In those cases, the video was used to exonerate both officers.
The cameras cost around $190,000 and were purchased using seized drug money.

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The Evansville Police Department will be at the St. Joe Ave Donut Bank on Tuesday, February 18th for Coffee With a Cop. This is your chance to come out and talk to the police about anything that is on your mind. 

Officers will have the new body worn cameras on display and will be able to answer any questions you may have about the cameras or the policy on their usage.

 

Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, February 11 and Wednesday, February 12, 2014

2/11

Mark Cissna                  Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life-Class C Felony

Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or More-Class A Misdemeanor

(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)

(Habitual Substance Offender Enhancement)

Samantha Greer             Theft-Class D Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Hali Handzo                     Criminal Mischief-Class D Felony

Nicholas Holmes           Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury-Class C Felony

Strangulation-Class D Felony

Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class A Misdemeanor

(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)

John McEwen                 Neglect of Dependent-Class D Felony

Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor

Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor

Brian McKinley-Meyer  Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator-Class D Felony

Paul Shoff                         Theft-Class D Felony

Tyler Stokes                     Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony

2/12

Cody Alire                  Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Daishar Compton          Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Shawn Corsentino      Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

(Habitual Offender Enhancement)

Yawan Covington           Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Kimberly Frasier-Stumph         Dealing in Methamphetamine-Class B Felony

Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony

Neglect of Dependent-Class D Felony

Tyreeke Garrett                           Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Jeffery Gibson                               Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon-Class C Felony

Diane Masterson                         Theft-Class  D Felony

John Mayer                                 Dealing in Methamphetamine-Class B Felony

Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony

Neglect of Dependent-Class D Felony

Thomas Wilbourn                      Domestic Battery-Class D Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Gary Babb                                       Dealing in Methamphetamine-Class B Felony

Jeffrey Brooks                               Dealing in Methamphetamine-Class B Felony

Possession of a Synthetic Drug or Synthetic Drug Lookalike Substance-

Class A Misdemeanor

Tierra Ferguson                           Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony

Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance-Class D Felony

David Flax                                     Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Daryl Gilmer                                  Theft-Class D Felony

Jason James                                  Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

(Habitual Offender Enhancement)

Jamie Jones                                Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Allan Poe                                         Intimidation-Class C Felony

Possession of a Synthetic Drug or Synthetic Drug Lookalike Substance-

Class A Misdemeanor

Dalone Roby                                Intimidation-Class C Felony

Intimidation-Class D Felony

Residential Entry-Class D Felony

Theft-Class D Felony

Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class A Misdemeanor

Criminal Mischief-Class A Misdemeanor

(Habitual Offender Enhancement)

Syreeta Thomas                           Theft-Class D Felony

Joseph Valenzuela                      Theft-Class D Felony

Identity Deception-Class D Felony

Gerald Winters                             Domestic Battery-Class D Felony

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at KPhernetton@vanderburghgov.org

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.