Indianapolis Police Department
| Indianapolis Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | IPD |
Patch of the Indianapolis Police Department
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| Motto | Integrity Pride Dedication |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | September 1, 1854 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2006 |
| Superseding agency | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department |
| Employees | 1,650 (2006) |
| Volunteers | 100 (2006) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Indianapolis in the state of Indiana, United States |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Governing body | Indianapolis City-County Council |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 50 North Alabama Street Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Sworn Officers | 1,250 (2006) |
| Non-Sworn Employees | 250 (2006) |
| Elected officer responsible | Bart Peterson, Mayor of Indianapolis |
| Agency executive | Michael T. Spears, Chief of Police |
| Facilities | |
| Districts |
5
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| Lockups | Marion County Arrestee Processing Center |
| Patrol cars | 1,600 |
| Website | |
| Official site | |
| Footnotes | |
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* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. Note: Information is at the time the agency was dissolved. |
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The Indianapolis Police Department (IPD) (September 1, 1854 – December 31, 2006) was the principal law enforcement agency of Indianapolis, Indiana, under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Indianapolis and Director of Public Safety. Prior to the consolidation with the Law Enforcement Division of the Marion County Sheriff's Department to form the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, 1,230 sworn police officers and 250 non-sworn personnel were employed by the department.
At the time the agency was dissolved, the Indianapolis Police Department had 1,196 sworn police officers and 30 reserve police officers. At that time the agency was headed by Michael T. Spears, chief of police; Robert Turner, director of public safety; and Bart Peterson, mayor of Indianapolis.
There were five police districts, each led by a deputy chief. Deputy chiefs reported to assistant chiefs, assistant chiefs reported to the chief of police, and the chief of police was subject to the authority of the mayor.
The first officers for the department were identified only by a silver star. The police were put into uniforms in 1862, which consisted of a dark blue coat, light blue trousers with a cord along the seam, and a blue cap. Over the years the department's uniform underwent several changes. Prior to the merger in 2007, officers were required to maintain both summer and winter uniforms as well as authorized leather goods. Patrol officer badges were silver, while those for sergeants and above were gold. The uniform for all ranks was navy blue. When in dress uniform officers wore a peaked cap adorned with a cap badge.
In September 1854, thirty-three years after the city of Indianapolis was founded, Mayor James McCready appointed 14 men to the first police force, under the command of Captain Jefferson Springsteen. Prior to 1854, peace in Indianapolis had been maintained by a town marshal, the sheriff and a few deputies, a volunteer night watch, and a small number of constables and justices of the peace.
During the summer of 1855, as police officers attempted to enforce the recently-enacted prohibition laws, they were met with resistance and a riot broke out on East Washington Street. When gunfire erupted from the police ranks, several citizens were wounded. Due in part to this incident and in part to the expense of maintaining the police force, the ordinance creating the police force was repealed on December 17, 1855.
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