City leaders to provide updates on efforts to improve public safety, tackle violent crime

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thursday greeting Indianapolis metropolis leaders and constabulary volition update the assemblage connected their efforts to tackle convulsive transgression successful the city.

The quality league comes connected the heels of Indy’s 8th wide shooting of the year. It happened implicit the weekend, injuring 4 radical extracurricular a ceremonial home, including a four-year-old and 16-year-old. And according to IMPD, the metropolis has astatine slightest 159 homicides already this year.

The surge successful weapon unit has residents crossed the metropolis concerned, truthful this is simply a accidental to perceive from Mayor Joe Hogsett, IMPD main Randal Taylor and Office of Public Health and Safety Director Lauren Rodriguez. The 3 volition supply an update connected nationalist information information arsenic good arsenic the ongoing efforts to curb convulsive transgression successful Indianapolis.

Hogsett has said his projected 2022 fund volition person a important absorption connected nationalist safety. He is acceptable to unveil those plans to city-county councilors connected Monday.

The metropolis did person $419-million from the American Rescue Plan, which tin beryllium utilized with a three-year period. Those hundreds of millions of dollars tin beryllium utilized to code crime. 

The nationalist information stewardship update Thursday greeting is scheduled for 10 a.m.

It is not unfastened to the public. Due to COVID-19 recommendations from the CDC and Marion County Public Health Department, lone members of the media tin attend. We volition person a unit determination for you and you tin ticker the lawsuit unrecorded connected wishtv.com and our Facebook page.