Indiana State Police Alliance Celebrating 45 Years
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Challenges and Triumphs of Indiana State Police EOD Commission the Growing DNA Database Participate in Raven’s History Project Challenge INSIDE FALL 2019 VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OFOF THETHE INDIANAINDIANA STATE STATE POLICE POLICE ALLIANCE, ALLIANCE, INC. INC. VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • FALL 2019 est. INDIANA STATE POLICE ALLIANCE CELEBRATING 45 YEARS LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FALL 2019 CONTENTS VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 FEATURES ISP Commission History 12 An Obsession to Document the History of Our ISP Commissions. By Mike Carrick Indiana State Police EOD Participates 8 in Raven’s Challenge Held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in 2017, 2018 and 2019 By Kent Havens 16 DNA Data Base Challenges and Triumphs of the Growing DNA Database By Kristine Crouch CODIS State Administrator 2006 – present 2 Indiana State Police Alliance OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INDIANA STATE POLICE ALLIANCE, INC. VOLUME 5 • ISSUE 2 • FALL 2019 DEPARTMENTS ISPA BOARD Scott Krueger.......................President Shaun Armes .........................Area II President’s Letter . 7 Pete Wood .................Vice President Ross Johnson ........................Area III Chris Hill ............................. Area IV Celebrating the Future Mike Wood ...........Secretary/Area VI Will Etter ................Treasurer/Area V Will Etter ...............................Area V as we Look to the past Mike Jones ..............................Area I Mike Wood ..........................Area VI DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES Executive Director . 5 Lowell .......................Jerry Michalak Versailles .............. Stephen Wheeles Lafayette ............... Nathan Hampton Sellersburg .......................Josh Banet Impressed by the High Standard Peru .................................Ron Fisher Pendleton ................... Dave Poynter of Alliance Members Toll Road .................... Robert Leffert Indianapolis .............Brent Gullinson Fort Wayne ........................ Kent Roe Putnamville ..................Joe Rutledge Bremen .............................. Jon Price MCI Rep .......................... Kim Judge District Map . 21 Bloomington .................. Eric Russell CPS Rep ......................... Joe Gipson Jasper ............................. Chad Dick Retirees ........................Jerome Ezell Evansville ................ Kylen Compton Our Fallen Heroes . 22 ISPA OFFICE STAFF Executive Director ........ Cory P. Martin, MPA Alliance Security Incorporated (ASI) Operations Manager............Kelley Flick ABOUT THE PUBLISHER The Indiana’s Finest magazine would not be successful if it were not for the dedicated active and retired members of the Indiana State Police Alliance to submit articles for the magazine. A portion of the advertisement revenue is used to compensate members for their magazine contributions. If you have an idea for an article please contact Cory Martin at [email protected]. ADVERTISING SALES OFFICE: 1415 Shelby St., Suite A Indianapolis, IN 46203 317-636-0929. “Reflection on the The publisher does not assume responsibility for statements of fact or past allows us to opinion made by any contributor to this magazine. learn from our No part of this publication may be reproduced without written remission of Indiana’s Finest LLC. When permission is granted credit for the material mistakes, it allows should include the name of the magazine, the author and Indiana’s Finest us to see what LLC as the publisher. worked, and it Printed in the United States of America. ©Indiana’s Finest LLC allows us to build Comments or questions should be addressed to: upon our strengths. Indiana’s Finest LLC 1415 Shelby St. Indianapolis, IN 46203 That is how I view 317-636-0929 • 800-382-1104 • 317-631-8221 Fax the Alliance.” –Scott Krueger INDIANA’S FINEST 3 ASI Personnel for Public and Private Security and Investigation Public and private businesses across Indiana have growing needs for private security and investigative services. These needs can be fulfilled with ALLIANCE SECURITY INC. (ASI) personnel who have extensive knowledge, skills, and abilities in all aspects of law enforcement. ASI presently employs over 300 active and retired members of the Indiana State Police. ASI has the depth • Traffic direction and breadth of • Site security experience to meet • Background investigation security related needs for entry or corporate throughout Indiana. level positions • Personal protection details ALLIANCE SECURITY INC. (ASI), was incorporated in 1993 for the purpose of maximizing the skills and experience of active and retired Indiana State Troopers. Kelly Flick is the Operations Manager for ASI and has over 25 yeas of experience helping fill clients security and investigative needs. Contracts can quickly be negotiated and service can be provided typically within the same day. ASI SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS INDIANA, 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. FOR MORE INFORMATION: (317) 636-0929 or at [email protected] ALLIANCE SECURITY 1415 Shelby Street • Indianapolis, IN 46203 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER Impressed by the High Standard of Alliance Members 2019 brings us 45 years of the Indiana State Police Alliance. I have been honored to be a part of nearly two of those. Over the past two years, I’ve had the opportu- nity to get out and visit with hundreds of members both active and retired. While we discuss the current state of the Alliance, it is important to highlight the past. Let me begin with a story from Jerry I meet is of a high standard. The Belcher, a retired troop out of Jasper. Alliance has played a unique role in est. As we are catching up at our Area III the history of the department. Mem- meeting, he explains the advances bership has averaged 80%+ for many he’s seen in not only the ISPA but the years and continues to climb. It has department in general. He told me provided a layer of support with a about having a key to the local gas legislative liaison and legal represen- station as they closed well before tation benefit. It has been a voice of he started his shift. He would be out reason for issues with the department “It has been made very clear to me through countless interactions that no matter the equipment, years of service, or the age of a troop, the character and integrity of each person I meet is of a high standard. ” –Cory P. Martin, MPA working the road and had to open and has provided off-duty employ- and close shop on his own just to fill ment through Alliance Security. The his tank for the shift. Another retiree Alliance, much like the department, shared how he never dreamed of hav- would be nothing without its people. ing the equipment that troops have As we reflect on 45 years of support- today. He described his 1957 Ford ing troopers and promoting better Interceptor which is the exact one the law enforcement to the citizens of Alliance shares with the ISP Museum. Indiana, let us look to the future by Cory P. Martin, MPA— The radio antenna draped over the celebrating our past. Executive Director top of the car which provided a few more miles of coverage, at best. The 1415 Shelby St, advances are endless, but one thing Respectfully, Indianapolis, IN remains the same - the integrity of an 46203 Indiana State Trooper. 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Call or click today for your quick quote: 866.601.5098 | ForOurOfficers.com ® PRESIDENT’S LETTER Celebrating the Future as we Look to the past Since 1974, forty-five years ago, the mission of the est. Alliance has fundamentally remained the same - to serve its members. Benefits have been added over the years, internal systems and practices have changed, but the tradition has remained the same. There have been forty-five years’ us to build upon our strengths. That ensure that the Alliance remains a worth of volunteers, who have is how I view the Alliance. It is an viable organization for generations served on the board of directors, amalgamation of forty-five years’ to come. who believed in the cause and thus worth of members’ ideas that have dedicated the time to make the been pressure tested and either Alliance what it is today. Because stripped away or embodied as cur- Respectfully, there have been engaged members, rent benefits and practices. willing to volunteer their time, the As we reflect on forty-five years Alliance has been able to remain of supporting troopers and promot- relevant, the benefits have remained ing better law enforcement to the valuable, and the organization itself citizens of Indiana, let us look to the Scott Krueger has been adaptable to changes in future by celebrating our past and ISPA President the profession and culture. To all those who have ever volun- teered, or are currently volunteering as board members, I extend my sin- Indiana State Police Alliance cere thanks. As with a lot of things and Indiana’s Finest in life, once your perspective shifts, as is the case when you become a The Indiana state Police Alliance board member, you more easily see (ISPA) was established in 1974 as an the sacrifices they make. Not to be association of Indiana state troopers too dramatic, but as Teddy Roos- with a focus towards promoting bet- evelt said, the man in the arena who ter law enforcement to the citizens spends himself in a worthy cause is of Indiana, and gaining state-wide state police officers recognized by the one who counts.