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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
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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. It has been made very clear to me 317-636-0929 through countless interactions that no matter the equipment, years of service, or the age of a troop, the Cory Martin, MPA character and integrity of each person Executive Director www.indianasfinest.com
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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. support for Indiana troopers. Since the National Troopers Coalition. Ever Reflection on the past allows us our humble beginning in 1974, our growing and always looking for ways to learn from our mistakes, it allows scope has broadened significantly. to meet the needs of our members us to see what worked, and it allows Today the Alliance has expand- and the citizens of our great Hoo- ed its responsibilities to include sier state, the Indiana state Police increased member benefits such as Alliance has further incorporated legal assistance, legislative lobby- Alliance Security, offering off-duty ing, funeral support and survivor employment opportunities for troop- Scott Krueger—President Indiana benefits, college scholarships, and ers, and Cops for Kids, a non-profit State Police Alliance, Inc. numerous community support corporation building priceless rela- activities throughout the state. The tionships with our Hoosier children. 1415 Shelby St, Indiana state Police Alliance works Indianapolis, IN directly with the Indiana State Police Scott Krueger—President Indiana 46203 department, the governor’s office State Police Alliance, Inc. and members of the state legislature 1415 Shelby St, 317-636-0929 on issues of state-wide law enforce- Indianapolis, IN 46203 ment and public safety. Additionally, 317-636-0929 • 800-382-1104 the Indiana State Police Alliance 317-631-8221 fax is the only association of Indiana www.indianasfinest.com www.indianasfinest.com
INDIANA’S FINEST 7 INDIANA STATE POLICE EOD PARTICIPATES IN RAVEN’S CHALLENGE
THE EXERCISE WAS HELD AT MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER FOR A THIRD YEAR.
By Kent Havens Master Trooper
From June 10, 2019, to June 14, 2019, the Indiana State Police EOD team participated in Raven’s Challenge, a Joint Interopera- bility EOD Exercise at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in North Vernon, Indiana. This free training is sponsored by the Bu- reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF National Center for Explosives Training and Research (NCETR), in partner- ship with the U.S. Army Headquarters, Department of the Army.
8 Indiana State Police Alliance ABOVE: There are a wide variety of exercises during the week-long training. Pictured above is a team handling a booby trapped militia camp scenario.
RIGHT: Raven’s Challenge exercises were held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Raven’s Challenge began in 2004 the nation. Each year, training is con- as an ATF-led training exercise for ducted at 4 separate sites throughout both military EOD teams and Public the United States. Normally the train- Safety Bomb Squads in the Seattle ing is conducted at the same location area. The training exercise has grown for 2 years in a row before it moves into what is now the largest EOD/ to a new location. The exercise was Public Safety Bomb Squad training in held at Muscatatuck Urban Training
INDIANA’S FINEST 9 Raven’s Challenge participants prepare for one scenario that consists of a device located on a commercial airline.
domestic type IED environments. The exercise also provides international participation with partner nations an opportunity to observe techniques commonly employed in the Unit- ed States. In 2019, as in past years, besides several teams from the state of Indiana participating, teams from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and Toronto, Canada also participated. In 2018, a military EOD team from the country of Sweden came to partici- pate in the exercise. The training combines members
“During this training we always see a technique or some piece of equipment that we have not seen or used before.” –Sgt. Chris Hager, Indiana State Police Bomb Commander
Center in 2017 and 2018, and was What is Raven’s Challenge? Ra- supposed to move elsewhere for ven’s Challenge (RC) is an annual, 2019, but the location fell through, interagency, counter IED exercise that so it returned to Muscatatuck in incorporates scenarios focused on 2019. This allowed the Indiana State interoperability capabilities between Police EOD Team to participate in public safety bomb squads (PSBSs) this exercise during each of the 3 and military explosive ordnance years it was held in Indiana. disposal (EOD) units in operational
10 Indiana State Police Alliance Teams from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and Toronto, Canada participated. of Public Safety Bomb Squads and the joint teams. “Our procedures and make us a better team and we do the members of military EOD units training is much different then that of same for them.” for the week long scenario based the military.” “The idea is that if we The teams usually run two exer- training. This year, the Indiana State work together during this week, we cises per day. Participating units do Police EOD team was divided into can exchange knowledge and skills.” not know ahead of time what type of 3 separate teams. Each of the teams “During this training we always see call they will be going on. Each team had two to three Military EOD units a technique or some piece of equip- starts from a staging area and are sent assigned to them. Indiana State ment that we have not seen or used an email as to the exercise they are Police Bomb Commander Sgt. Chris before.” “Working together with the responding to. Instructors meet the Hager describes the reason behind military, they pass on things that teams at the staging area and pro- vide additional information, then the teams follow the instructor to the site of the exercise where they are able to interview witnesses if available and formulate a plan of action. There is a wide variety of exercises during the week long training. During the week, one ISP EOD unit could be working a device that was located on a com- mercial airline, while another team is handling a booby trapped militia camp. The exercises are taken from actual details teams have handled in the field from all over the country, as well as all over the world. Master Trooper Derek Fisher talks about his feeling about attending Raven’s Challenge. “This is my 3rd year in a row attending this training.” “Every year I learn something new, or see something I have never dealt with before.” “The training is the closest thing an EOD Technician can get to a real call in the field.” “The training is invaluable.” All indications are that the ATF will bring this training back to Indiana in a couple of years. If so, The Indiana State Police EOD team will again participate in Raven’s Challenge.
Participating units do not know ahead of time what type of call they will be called to. Pictured is one EOD unit working a scenario for a device located on a commercial airline.
INDIANA’S FINEST 11 HISTORY ISP COMMISSION HISTORY
By Mike Carrick Master Trooper Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division For an agency so demanding about documentation and retention, it was shocking to find the ISP has no official record of the history of our patrol cars. So what began as an attention getter for a static PIO display, has become on obsession to document the history of our ISP commissions. 1. 1966 Plymouth Fury
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HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS
1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 2000 2010 2020
1921 1933 1938 to 1966 most cars Since 1966 ISP all white Creation Transition were two door cars, four-doors of the to all Cars (IMVP) (All Black Color) 1960 white over blue color scheme
Until 1933 1959 current door shield and stripe open cockpit cars, Harley Davidson or Indiana motorcycles (Only two designs of the door shield ever)
12 Indiana State Police Alliance 2. 1937 Plymouth
3. 1946 Chevrolet
Our history begins with the creation of the Indiana Motor Vehicle Police (IMVP) in 1921. The IMVP drove most- ly open cockpit cars or rode Harley Davidson or Indian motorcycles. The transition to all cars occurred after the creation of the ISP in 1933. From 1938 to 1966 most cars were two doors; since 1966 we have driven 2 four door cars with some exceptions like the Toll Road cars (more on that in a minute), Dodge Diplomats and the Mustangs and Camaros. Our commission colors began as all black, then in 1960 went to a unique white over blue color scheme. Since 1966 ISP has used all white cars, except between 1998-2006 when we went back to all black cars. The stripes on the cars have been adapted over time, from gold or yellow stripes running down the side of the car and sometimes across the hood, a blue version of that stripe was used in the mid 1980’s, to our current 3 short stripe. There have only been two designs of the door shield. The small shield (with no state seal) and the larger one which includes the state seal. The current door shield and stripe
Unique Cars in ISP 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 2000 2010 2020 Commission History
2006 ISP went back to all white cars 1936 Cord 1953 Studebaker 1959 Chevrolets 1959 and 1965 Pontiac Catalinas 1998-2006 ISP drove 1981 Dodge two-door Diplomats all black cars
Also: Toll Road district Two door Chevrolets
INDIANA’S FINEST 13 HISTORY
4. 1937 Cord, PIO car
5. 1967 Chevrolet Impala, Toll Road Car
were originally created in 1959. PIO troopers over the years have had some unique cars starting with the 1936 Cord to the 1953 Studebaker. During the 1950’s, PIOs had white two-tone cars and on occasion had models not issued to anyone else like the 1959 Chevrolets, the 1959 and 1965 Pontiac Catalinas, and the 1981 Dodge two-door Diplomats. 4 It was also suprising to find that the Toll Road district typically had makes and models other than what the rest of the state drove. They had a fondness for two door Chevrolets. Until the ear- ly 70’s, they also had a solid red lense on their overhead rotary light instead Until the early 70’s, the Toll Road of a clear one. The research into this project has District had a solid red lense on been both frustrating and fascinating. It has allowed me to to see our history and only imagine what it would have their overhead rotary light instead been like to patrol our state on two- lane, mostly dirt roads, in cars that did of a clear one. not even have automatic transmissions until 1960. It is frustrating and unfor- tunate that many of the unanswered questions about our history may never be answered, like why a particular model or different color was used. This project would not have been possible without the help of the ISP Museum curator Lauren Baker, muse- um volunteers (retired Lt.) Rick Hamer and Chuck Poi, and the many retirees and their survivors who have sent me photos and provided back stories to the photos.
Still a work in progress. I will gladly accept any additional photos or information anyone has to offer. You can contact me at [email protected].
M/Trooper J. Michael Carrick 5 pe#4863 came on with the 44th recruit class in Nov. 1986
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INDIANA’S FINEST 15 DNA DATABASE
The demand for biological analysis quickly outgrew the space available at District 52.
Most of us have heard the name CODIS, but what exactly is it? CODIS, or the Combined DNA Index Sys- tem, is a computer database of DNA profiles used to generate leads for law enforcement across the US. Its success is based on the concept of recidivism, which can simply be thought of as the tendency of a person who committed one crime to commit others. When the system finds a match between the DNA profile of a known offender and DNA evidence left at a crime scene, a potential suspect is identified. Matches between crime scenes can also link crimes, allowing different jurisdictions to work together on related offenses. CHALLENGES This sounds simple and obvious in hind sight, but building this powerful tool has taken time, ingenuity, and a willingness to constantly change. & TRIUMPHS In the mid-1990’s, the first challenge was passing legislation. The FBI was OF THE GROWING DNA DATABASE
By Kristine Crouch CODIS State Administrator 2006 – present
Oral swabs were more convenient for non-medical staff to collect.
16 Indiana State Police Alliance making the software available, but it was (and remains) up to each state to enact legislation authorizing the col- lection of individuals for inclusion in CODIS. Indiana chose to collect those convicted of crimes against persons or burglary. The legislature reasoned that these were serious and often repeated offenses. Anyone convicted or held in a jail or prison after June 30, 1996 legally owed the state a DNA sample. Since most individuals in this category would be sentenced to state prisons, the focus was centered on the Depart- ment of Correction. Many meetings were held, forms were developed and nurses at the main intake facilities (Reception Diagnostic Center and Indiana Women’s Prison) were tasked with incorporating a blood draw and thumb print into the procedures for all new inmates. The tube of blood pro- vided the DNA itself and the thumb print served to verify the identity of the individual giving that DNA sample. In addition to the daily blood draws from new inmates, an initial prison sweep was conducted of all qualifying offenders being held in prisons across the state. In November of 1996, offender samples started arriving at the ISP Laboratory on the east side of India- napolis. In preparation, the laboratory had obtained grant funds to pay for outsourcing of the sample analysis and to hire one new employee to prep the samples and review the data Indiana now has nearly 350,000 offender samples. when it came back from the vendor labs across the country were using laboratory. Jan Sheldon was hired for the same DNA markers and therefore that position and recalls being told could easily compare data points. This she would spend half of her time on also meant ISP had to retest all of the employee by 2000 as CODIS activities CODIS and half doing casework. After offenders that had only 8 of the now continued to grow. all, no one thought this new database required 13 loci, while still receiv- All of these offenders would ac- would require a full time scientist. ing about 15 new samples each day. complish nothing if there were no Samples were analyzed in a gel format Jan quickly got a sense of how busy unsolved cases in the database for and tested at only 8 locations of DNA, she would really be, thinking “this is them to match. In 1999, another grant called loci. In October of 1998, the going to be really big; there’s no way provided for one forensic scientist at FBI required the use of 13 particular it can’t be big.” She was soon given each ISP lab who would be dedicated loci that would become known as some summer help in Kellie Veit, who to working cases that did not have a the “CODIS Core 13.” This ensured became the second full time database suspect. The only trouble was getting
INDIANA’S FINEST 17 DNA DATABASE those cases submitted to the lab! After years of laboratory policy requiring a suspect standard to perform DNA analysis, it took many trainings and announcements to get the word out to detectives and local agencies that no suspect cases should be submit- ted for DNA. Thanks to those efforts, crime scene samples were submitted, worked, and entered into CODIS to be searched. On January 10, 2000, the first hit occurred. The system matched a convicted offender to an unsolved rape case out of Connersville, Indiana. The Police Department didn’t quite understand how the laboratory could name a suspect for them, so Paul Mis- ner, CODIS Administrator at the time, went down to have a meeting with them and explain this new tool called CODIS. Other hits and meetings soon followed around the state. By the end of 2000, 30 cases including rapes, ho- micides and burglaries were provided Hannah Bond, Forensic Technician, with new leads by searching CODIS. receiving the day’s samples. We can 300 per month to as many as 2000 In 2004, CODIS contributed to a get as many in one day now as the per month. Thankfully, the number of complex web of cases eventually iden- original law provided in an entire month. hits to process also rose dramatically. tifying Kevin Hampton as responsible There had been 105 offender hits in for killing 3 women in Terre Haute 2004. After full implementation of the and raping others in Indiana, Califor- convicted. This showed that indi- 2005 law, 2007 saw a total of 418 nia and Nevada. This was working, viduals often crossed back and forth offender hits. That is at least one hit for and the law enforcement community between different types of crimes. It every day of the year! One of the more would never look back. was argued that collecting from a wid- memorable was the identification of In fact, the CODIS community er range of convictions, including less a serial rapist in Muncie, Indiana, was looking forward, examining the serious offenses such as theft, would resolving 6 previously unsolved rapes question of database expansion. Hit lead to even more hits to serious dating back to 1992. However, the records were inspected to reveal that crimes. In 2005, Indiana joined many most challenging adjustment to all 10% of Indiana hits linked a person other states in the collection of DNA felons was not the number of people convicted of burglary to a violent from ALL felony convictions. who needed to be collected, but rather crime against a person. Not only that, All felon legislation ushered in many where those collections would take but merely 56% of offenders involved changes as a result of the increased place. in matches hit to the same category of demand. The average number of of- Now that convictions for theft and crime for which they were previously fenders increased from approximately many felony drug offenses qualified for DNA collection, a large number of those offenders did not go to state prison. A few might remain in the One memorable DNA identification county jail, but these individuals were quite often placed on probation or was of a serial rapist in Muncie, IN, community corrections in lieu of any incarceration. With 92 counties, each resolving 6 previously unsolved with two or three options, Indiana suddenly needed hundreds of individ- ual collection sites instead of just two. rapes dating back to 1992. Collection kits using buccal swabs
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Year were developed to replace the blood Offender samples received by year. Note the spikes associated with the 2005 and 2018 expansions. draws that DOC had been doing. Several rounds of training were given to probation officers and jail nurses in Electrophoresis. This technology A previously empty room of the lab- the proper use of the kits and how to offered a couple of advantages. First, it oratory became the CODIS lab with collect the samples. A new strategy of calculated more precise intensities for dedicated equipment running samples trackable commercial shipping was each piece of DNA than was possible daily. Four analysts (Idelle Ritterskamp, employed to deliver samples to the on gels, which were mainly visual in Linda Mahlie, Dawn Combs and Julie laboratory from all across the state. At nature. DNA analysis was also becom- Lindsey) began rotating weekly, per- the lab, two additional new hires (Rob ing more sensitive during this time. forming offender analysis for one week Roller and Summer Hughes) were The combined result was that more and casework the other three weeks. focused on CODIS duties, including case types and crime scenes could Jan was still busy prepping samples data review of the thousands of DNA provide useful DNA profiles. “Touch” and was joined by Leslie Harmon in profiles. DNA became routine to collect and that task. As a result, the turnaround At this time, Laboratory Division more property crimes were being pro- time for offenders (from arrival in the as a whole was growing. In 2007, cessed and entered into CODIS than lab to being entered in CODIS) went the Indianapolis Regional Lab moved ever before. The second advantage of from an average of 68 days to less than into its new, much larger facility on Capillary Electrophoresis is that it is 10 days. This was a dramatic shift in 16th Street. This provided space for very amenable to a high throughput how soon potentially vital information more analysts and equipment for all environment, such as databasing. This could be provided to law enforce- disciplines. The Biology Section also allowed ISP to take over the physical ment. moved away from gels to a platform DNA analysis of offender samples in That push to provide matches to for DNA analysis called Capillary 2012 after many years of outsourcing. unsolved crimes as soon as possi- ble drove the next national wave of change. On January 1, 2018, Indiana became the 31st state to collect DNA On January 1, 2018, Indiana upon a person’s felony arrest instead of waiting for their conviction. Cas- became the 31st state to collect es can often take a year or more to reach trial. Having knowledge through CODIS earlier in the process that an DNA upon a person’s felony arrest individual matches other crimes could affect their bond status. A person who instead of waiting for their remains incarcerated while await- ing their trial has no opportunity to conviction. commit additional crimes during
INDIANA’S FINEST 19 DNA DATABASE
but 4 other states. Nationally, over 17 million individuals and 950,000 Collecting from someone simply crime scene samples are searched against one another, producing more arrested for a crime but not yet than 470,000 hits thus far. Paul Misner commented that “obviously you want it to work,” but even he is surprised determined to be guilty of it by the rate of success. Close to half of unknown profiles searched in CODIS brought new concerns. receive some type of new information from it, either the name of an offend- er or connections to another crime that time period. There is no way to collected at arrest is actually innocent, that wasn’t known to be linked. It has quantify it, but it is certainly possible the state has no interest in databasing become an integral part of police in- that collecting DNA during that first their DNA profile. Therefore, informa- vestigations, and hit notifications often contact with law enforcement (at tion is given to every arrestee explain- follow within days of the original DNA arrest) could actually prevent crimes ing to them that if their felony arrest analysis report, while the case is still and protect more people from being does not become a felony conviction, being actively worked. victimized. Of course, much like the they can turn in paperwork and have The amazing accomplishments of 2005 expansion, this meant more col- their profile removed from the data- this program are the culmination of lectors to train. The jail nurse would base. evolving database laws, advancements no longer be the one taking the swabs The first year of collecting both in DNA technology itself, new soft- on a planned schedule. Any officer or arrestees and convicted offenders ware capabilities and a lot of people deputy who was doing the booking (those that had been originally arrested willing to work hard and roll with would need to collect DNA, even in before Jan 1st ) brought a record set- the changes. The ultimate goal of the middle of the night. Six members ting 51,665 samples to the laboratory. law enforcement is to not only solve of the Core CODIS Team divided the An arrestee in the very first batch that crime, but ideally, protect people from state into regions and visited every jail was analyzed hit to an unsolved rape becoming victims. By helping bring personally. They held training sessions, case. Then March 2018 saw over 100 repeat offenders to justice quickly delivered supplies and secure lock hits in a single month for the first time! and efficiently, those of us fortunate boxes, and sometimes even toured the In May, ISP hired its very first Biology enough to work with the Combined facilities and helped jail commanders Technician (Hannah Bond) to assist DNA Index System strive to do both. envision how to work this into their with intake and accessioning the vol- booking procedures. The collection ume of samples. The year ended with kits themselves were again redesigned, an equally record setting 993 hits, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I’d this time to allow jails to simply print the combined result of those offender like to thank all the penal and the LiveScan arrest card to provide samples and new mixture interpreta- booking facilities across Indiana identifying information. This would be tion tools that made it possible to enter for collecting those vital offender faster, and more legible, than hand- more crime scene samples. samples, the FBI for providing writing it all on a separate form as So much has changed since those the software and guidance that probations had been doing. early days of CODIS. Jails are now make CODIS work, law enforce- Collecting from someone simply the main collection sites and DOC ment for properly collecting arrested for a crime but not yet deter- encounters very few individuals that evidence at the scenes and mined to be guilty of it brought new aren’t already in the database. From answering all of our questions concerns. CODIS has always adhered only one employee predicted to spend about it, and obviously ISP and to strict rules for casework entries. half her time on CODIS, there are IMCFSA lab personnel who DNA profiles must be from a crime now 5 dedicated staff and 4 part time tirelessly analyze offenders and/ scene and attributable to the putative database analysts. ISP tests 23 DNA or casework samples day in and perpetrator. Every effort is made to locations, a far cry from the original 8. day out. It takes every one of us avoid entering DNA from innocent Since that first hit in 2000, Indiana’s to make this program do what people who were legitimately interact- CODIS system has now aided a total it’s supposed to do. ing with those objects before or after of 7,784 criminal investigations. These the crime itself. Likewise, if a person include cases across Indiana plus all
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Indiana State Police District Locations EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2010
District 24-BREMEN District 21-TOLL ROAD
District 13-LOWELL 2 District 22-FT WAYNE 1 District 16-PERU District 51-PENDLETON District 14-LAFAYETTE 5 District 52-INDIANAPOLIS District 53-PUTNAMVILLE
District 42-VERSAILLES District 33-BLOOMINGTON 4
3 District 35-EVANSVILLE District 45-SELLERSBURG District 34-JASPER
INDIANA’S FINEST 21 IN MEMORIUM
In 2008, the ISPA purchased memorial stones for every Indiana State Police post throughout the state. Each memorial stone has the names of all of the officers who have died in the line-of-duty inscribed on it. The purpose of the stone is to preserve their memory. The stones also bear this inscription:
“As we that are left behind grow old they Each May, at every Indiana State Police post shall not grow old. Age shall not weary them throughout the state, a memorial service is held to nor the years condemn. At the going down honor and pay tribute to those who have paid the of the sun and in the morning, WE SHALL ultimate sacrifice. Below is a list of those heroes: REMEMBER THEM.”
Trooper Eugene Teague er Dixon died, but not before one of of the accident. Hometown: the assailants had been killed and the Indianapolis, Indiana other captured. Trooper Herbert W. Appointed: June 1, 1933 Smith District: General Head- Trooper Hometown: quarters - Indianapolis George A. Forster Shelbyville, Indiana Deceased: December 20, 1933 Hometown: Seymour, Appointed: Indiana November 2, 1942 Following a tip that Dillinger gang Appointed: September 1, District: Connersville member Edward Shouse would be 1938 Life: July 29, 1917 - December 5, at the Frances Hotel in Paris, Illinois, District: Seymour 1946 | 29 Years Old Trooper Teague was waiting nearby Life: January 1, 1916 - May 17, 1941 | in his patrol car. When Shouse and 25 Years Old While on patrol, Trooper Smith two female accomplices arrived at stopped a car for a traffic violation. the hotel, Trooper Teague struck the While on routine patrol near Paris When the driver could not produce Shouse’s car with his vehicle. As Crossing in Jennings County, Trooper the car’s registration, the trooper asked Shouse attempted to escape, a gun Forster’s patrol car was struck by a the driver to follow him to Shelbyville. battle ensued and Trooper Teague was truck towing a horse trailer. The colli- On the way to town, Trooper Smith killed in the crossfire. sion, which occurred on State Road 3, radioed for a check on the license resulted in his death. number, suspecting the car was stolen. Trooper William R. Dixon Pretending to have car trouble, the Hometown: Trooper suspects stopped their car and the South Bend, Indiana Richard F. England trooper stopped his police vehicle. As Appointed: Hometown: he approached the suspects’ vehicle, September 1, 1935 Columbia City, Indiana they opened fire hitting Trooper Smith District: Dunes Park Appointed: three times. The trooper returned fire Life: February 9, 1910 - June 28, 1938 January 20, 1936 before crawling back into his vehicle, | 28 Years Old District: Ligonier where he died. Life: August 1, 1911 - April 22, 1942 | Trooper Dixon stopped to assist two 30 Years Old Trooper young men with a disabled vehicle. Robert E. Clevenger As he approached the vehicle and While transporting an army deserter, Hometown: asked who owned the car, one of the Trooper England attempted to pass a Centerville, Indiana men, who were both members of the car when the driver made a turn in Appointed: Easton Gang, shot Dixon in the hand. front of him. Trooper England struck September 1, 1952 Reaching for his gun to return fire, the vehicle and then crashed into a District: Connersville more gunfire erupted and Trooper tree. Although the deserter was not in- Life: March 7, 1931 - September 8, Dixon was shot. Two days later Troop- jured, Trooper England died as a result 1953 | 22 Years Old
22 Indiana State Police Alliance Trooper Clevenger was in pursuit of 1955 | 35 Years Old a Michigan state trooper, Trooper a motorist when the chase led to a Kellems spotted the suspects driving T-intersection. Due to the dust created Sergeant Miller was assigned as a through Scottsburg, Indiana. After by the other vehicle, Clevenger was spotter on a National Guard airplane observing the car, Kellems radioed the unable to see the embankment ahead during an annual Labor Day patrol. post, stating that he had stopped the of him and struck it head-on. At the Sergeant Miller and the military pilot car. As Trooper Kellems approached scene, investigators found the license were killed when the plane crashed the suspects’ car, two shots were fired number of the car Clevenger had near Thorntown, Indiana. out, fatally wounding him. pursued and were able to locate the vehicle owner, a parole violator. Trooper Donald R. Turner Trooper John H. Powell Hometown: Hometown: Sergeant Hubert Roush Auburn, Indiana Otterbein, Indiana Hometown: Appointed: Appointed: Indianapolis, Indiana November 1, 1946 December 1, 1954 Appointed: District: Ligonier District: Kentland September 1, 1952 Life: August 12, 1918 - January 28, Life: July 2, 1931 - February 27, 1959 District: Headquarters 1956 | 37 Years Old | 27 Years Old Life: March 27, 1915 - January 26, 1955 | 39 Years Old While on patrol, Trooper Turner was While placing an electronic tim- called to assist a tow truck operator ing device on the roadway, Trooper Sergeant Roush was killed in an in removing a vehicle from a ditch. Powell was struck by an oncoming automobile crash on the south side of During the retrieval, Trooper Turner vehicle and was pronounced dead at Indianapolis. While witnesses were was struck and killed by a passing the scene. only able to give investigators sketchy vehicle. details about the accident, a 19-year- Trooper old driver was later charged with First Sergeant Robert J. Garrison several traffic violations as a result of Marvin E. Walts Hometown: the crash. Hometown: Montpelier, Indiana New Albany, Indiana Appointed: Trooper Earl L. Brown Appointed: October 1, 1955 Hometown: September 1, 1937 District: Redkey Columbus, Indiana District: Charlestown Life: April 29, 1932 - December 14, Appointed: Life: October 4, 1909 - March 18, 1959 | 27 Years Old October 16, 1940 1957 | 47 Years Old District: Seymour While working at the Pendleton Life: January 4, 1913 - August 31, During a manhunt for a suspected District, Trooper Garrison was pa- 1955 | 42 Years Old bank robber, First Sergeant Walts died trolling of State Road 67 when he was of gunshot wounds inflicted by the involved in a automobile accident. During a manhunt, Trooper Brown ob- suspect. Before succumbing to his Trooper Garrison died instantly of served a suspicious person hitchhiking injuries, Sergeant Walts was able to head injuries sustained in the crash. on US 31 near Columbus, Indiana. As return fire and kill his assailant. he was searching the suspect, Trooper Trooper Brown was shot and killed. The sus- Trooper Robert C. Gillespie pect was judged to be insane and was William R. Kellems Hometown: committed to a maximum-security Hometown: Bedford, Indiana facility for life. Indianapolis, Indiana Appointed: Appointed: September 1, 1950 Sergeant John R. Miller November 15, 1956 District: Seymour Hometown: District: Charlestown Life: September 1, 1928 - June 8, Lafayette, Indiana Life: May 25, 1930 - September 30, 1962 | 33 Years Old Appointed: 1957 | 27 Years Old September 1, 1941 While enroute to the town of Mitchell District: Lafayette While involved in a statewide search in response to a request for assistance, Life: January 2, 1920 - September 5, for two gunmen who had killed Trooper Gillespie, who was traveling
INDIANA’S FINEST 23 IN MEMORIUM at a high rate of speed with emergency District: Versailles Sergeant George W. lights on, was forced to leave the road Life: February 2, 1936 - December 18, Campbell when a pick-up truck slowed in front 1966 | 30 Years Old Hometown: of him. Leaving the highway to avoid Brazil, Indiana the truck, Trooper Gillespie swerved Working night patrol with Deputy Appointed: back on the highway to avoid another Sheriff David Blodgett of Decatur September 1, 1950 car in his path. His vehicle was then County, Trooper Rayner stopped a car District: Putnamville struck by another car. Trooper Gilles- bearing a Kentucky license plate, un- Life: July 19, 1924 - June 18, 1969 | pie died as a result of his injuries. aware the car had been reported sto- 44 Years Old len. After Trooper Rayner questioned Trooper William F. Kieser the two occupants, he asked them While on assignment at the truck Hometown: to exit the vehicle. As both got out weigh scales near Putnamville, Ser- Tell City, Indiana through the driver’s door, the passen- geant Campbell died of a heart attack Appointed: ger grabbed for Trooper Rayner and during the arrest of a truck driver March 16, 1958 fired several shots at him. As Trooper who had attempted to pass the weigh District: Seymour Rayner fell to the ground, Deputy station. Life: February 4, 1928 - March 9, Blodgett returned fire, fatally wound- 1965 | 37 Years Old ing one suspect. Trooper Rayner died Trooper John J. Streu at the scene. Hometown: While cleaning out his patrol car Logansport, Indiana at home, Trooper Kieser heard the Trooper Appointed: Charlestown Post dispatch a unit to Richard G. Brown April 16, 1970 Ramsey to investigate a drunk and Hometown: District: Schererville disorderly complaint. Realizing he Lebanon, Indiana Life: March 4, 1945 - February 20, was closer, Trooper Kieser radioed that Appointed: May 1, 1955 1971 | 25 Years Old he would take the call. Arriving at the District: Lafayette scene, Trooper Kieser spotted the sus- Life: June 11, 1927 - September 27, St. John Town Marshal James Larim- pect and ordered him to stop. Before 1967 | 40 Years Old er and Trooper Streu responded to a Trooper Kieser could get out of his car, report of two men in a car behind a the suspect fired shots at him. Trooper While investigating an early morning local school. Arriving at the scene, Kieser was able to return fire before car-truck collision on I-74 in Boone the officers found two men who had a bullet struck his hand knocking his County, Trooper Brown was struck by previously committed kidnapping, gun away. Taking advantage of the an oncoming vehicle. Trooper Brown robbery and auto theft. The officers situation the suspect fired more shots, and two others were fatally injured in handcuffed one man and took him to killing Trooper Kieser. the crash. the patrol car for questioning when the other suspect fired through the Trooper Oscar Mills Trooper police vehicle window, hitting Mar- Hometown: Robert O. Lietzan shal Larimer. Trooper Streu fired back, Hobart, Indiana Hometown: hitting the suspect. He then left his Appointed: Westville, Indiana gun in the front seat of the vehicle and September 16, 1955 Appointed: went to aid Larimer. The handcuffed District: Lafayette August 16, 1961 suspect in the back seat of the police Life: May 24, 1930 - April 12, 1966 | District: Connersville vehicle picked up Streu’s gun and shot 35 Years Old Life: April 11, 1937 - March 30, 1969 him with his own revolver, killing him. | 31 Years Old While in pursuit of a vehicle travel- Sergeant Glen R. Hosier ing at a high rate of speed, Trooper Responding to a complaint of a man Hometown: Mills was involved in an automobile firing shots at a family in a camping Logansport, Indiana accident. The crash left Trooper Mills area in rural Franklin County, Trooper Appointed: May 1, 1955 unconscious from 11/30/1957 until Lietzan and other police officers ar- District: Peru his death more than eight years later. rived on the scene to find the suspect Life: November 11, 1926 in a barricaded position. As police - April 26, 1971 | 44 Years Old Trooper called for the suspect to surrender, William R. Rayner he fired several shots into the group While searching for a murder suspect, Hometown: of officers, fatally wounding Trooper Sergeant Hosier and other police of- Greensburg, Indiana Lietzan. ficers were dispatched to a residence Appointed: on a report that the suspect was hiding September 1, 1957 24 Indiana State Police Alliance there. Officers surrounded the house, as a Probationary Trooper, Trooper 10, 1983 | 29 Years Old while Sergeant Hosier, accompanied Phillips was responding to a call for by three other officers, entered the assistance from a fellow trooper who While attempting to serve a warrant at residence. Leading the way up the was pursuing a violator. Trooper Phil- the residence of a known drug dealer, staircase, Sergeant Hosier rounded a lips was traveling on U.S. 20 when his Trooper Bailey’s weapon accidentally landing and the suspect shot him at patrol car crested a hill and collided discharged, fatally wounding him. close range. with semi-tractor trailer making an illegal U-turn. Trooper Phillips died at Sergeant John E. Hatfull Trooper William J. Trees the scene. Hometown: Hometown: Evansville, Indiana Oakland City, Indiana Trooper Roy E. Jones Appointed: Appointed: Hometown: January 28, 1973 September 1, 1968 Lapel, Indiana District: Evansville District: Evansville Appointed: Life: March 17, 1942 - April 13, 1987 Life: November 25, 1943 - June 26, October 17, 1976 | 45 Years Old 1972 | 28 Years Old District: Pendleton Life: May 5, 1948 - July 3, 1979 | 31 Sergeant Hatfull, along with other On road patrol in the Evansville Years Old state police officers, responded to District, Trooper Trees was pursuing a the residence of a suicidal subject in fleeing vehicle at a high rate of speed. While responding to a request for Posey County. As Sergeant Hatfull led During the pursuit, Trooper Trees was assistance from the Markleville Town the Emergency Response Team into involved in a crash that claimed his Marshal, Trooper Jones was traveling the residence, he was shot and fatally life. at a high rate of speed with emer- wounded by the subject. gency lights on when a car pulled in Trooper front of him. Trooper Jones swerved Master Trooper Lawrence B. Meyer to avoid the car in his path when his Michael E. Greene Hometown: vehicle struck a tree, killing him on Hometown: Sellersburg, Indiana impact. Thorntown, Indiana Appointed: Appointed: June 13, 1976 September 1, 1968 Trooper District: Indianapolis District: Charlestown Robert J. Lather II Life: November 8, 1949 - February 5, Life: January 2, 1937 - February 2, Hometown: 1993 | 43 Years Old 1974 | 37 Years Old Greentown, Indiana Appointed: While on routine patrol in Mari- After pursuing a car on I-65 in Clark December 15, 1974 on County, Master Trooper Greene County, Trooper Meyer and Trooper District: Peru stopped to question two male subjects Charles Nicholas had taken two sub- Life: December 15, 1951 - July 6, stopped along Interstate 65. After jects to jail. While the troopers were 1982 | 30 Years Old checking with the post, he learned the in the parking lot, a deputy advised men were wanted. As Master Trooper them that one of the prisoners had On routine patrol, Trooper Lather re- Greene was handcuffing one suspect, escaped. Shortly after Trooper Meyer sponded to a call for assistance from a the other suspect shot and killed him. began a foot pursuit, he was found Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy who lying in the yard of a residence only a was in pursuit of a vehicle traveling at Trooper Todd A. Burman short distance from his vehicle. It was speeds in excess of 95 miles per hour. Hometown: later determined Trooper Meyer had While attempting to slow the fleeing Delphi, Indiana died of a heart attack. vehicle, Trooper Lather pulled in front Appointed: of the car and was killed when the December 9, 1990 Trooper Lewis E. Phillips speeding vehicle ran into his police District: Lafayette Hometown: car. Life: September 9, 1964 - July 29, Michigan City, Indiana 1993 | 28 Years Old Appointed: Trooper Steven L. Bailey February 27, 1973 Hometown: Trooper Burman responded to a call District: Dunes Park Richmond, Indiana for assistance with a disorderly subject Life: January 1, 1949 - April 16, 1975 Appointed: in the town of Camden located in Car- | 26 Years Old November 26, 1978 roll County. When officer’s attempts at District: Headquarters negotiation failed, the subject retreat- Five days before completing one-year Life: October 10, 1954 - December ed into his residence. As the officers
INDIANA’S FINEST 25 IN MEMORIUM entered the house, they were met by Life: November 30, 1970 - April 25, Trooper the subject’s resistant wife, while he 1997 | 26 Years Old Richard T. Gaston fled down a hall in search of a gun. Hometown: As Trooper Burman entered the room While patrolling I-74 in Decatur Indianapolis, Indiana where the suspect was waiting, he County, Trooper Winzenread stopped Appointed: was shot at close range with a high to assist a motorist who had run out of December 13, 1998 powered rifle. gas. Returning to the stranded vehicle District: Toll Road after getting gas, Trooper Winzenread Life: December 1, 1969 - March 4, Master Motor Carrier exited his patrol car and was struck 1999 | 29 Years Old Inspector by an oncoming semi-tractor trail- Ralph R. Reed, Jr. er. Trooper Winzenread died at the In the final days of his field training, Hometown: scene. Trooper Gaston was conducting a Plymouth, Indiana traffic stop with field training officer Appointed: Senior Trooper Senior Trooper Bradley Kaizer. During April 16, 1968 James Patrick Bartram the stop on the Indiana Toll Road District: Bremen Hometown: in St. Joseph County, a westbound Life: May 24, 1947 - August 3, 1995 | Mooresville, Indiana semi-tractor trailer drove off the road- 48 Years Old Appointed: way and struck the troopers’ vehicle, December 19, 1987 killing Trooper Gaston and two people While patrolling US 30 near Plym- District: Putnamville in another car. outh, Master Motor Carrier Inspector Life: March 14, 1961 - March 31, Ralph Reed stopped to inspect a 1998 | 37 Years Old Trooper Cory R. Elson semi-tractor trailer. As Inspector Reed Hometown: walked around the tractor-trailer, an On 3/31/1998, Senior Trooper James Fort Wayne, Indiana on-coming semi tractor-trailer hauling Patrick Bartram was enroute east- Appointed: cattle struck and killed him. Inspector bound on State Road 144 in Morgan December 13, 1998 Reed was the first Indiana State Police County, when he observed a violator. District: Fort Wayne motor carrier inspector to be killed in As he was pursuing the speeding vehi- Life: September 27, 1972 - April 3, the line of duty. cle, Senior Trooper Bartram attempted 1999 | 26 Years Old to avoid a car that pulled into his path Dna Supervisor and slid into an oncoming pickup While on patrol in Adams County, Kimberly S. Epperson truck. Senior Trooper Bartram, along Trooper Elson stopped a pickup truck Hometown: with the driver and passenger of the on US 27 in the city of Decatur. As Fountaintown, Indiana other vehicle, lost their lives in the Trooper Elson exited his patrol car, the Appointed: crash. driver of the truck opened fire with an February 4, 1985 automatic assault rifle. Trooper Elson District: Headquarters Master Trooper was pronounced dead at the scene. Life: June 10, 1959 - November 16, David A. Deuter 1995 | 36 Years Old Hometown: Trooper Jason E. Beal Angola, Indiana Hometown: While traveling from the Indianapolis Appointed: April 1, 1972 Shelbyville, Indiana Laboratory to the Lowell Laboratory District: Toll Road Appointed: on a training assignment, Supervisor Life: November 25, 1948 - July 16, December 13, 1998 Epperson slid on icy Interstate 65 and 1998 | 49 Years Old District: Bremen collided with a semi-tractor trailer ille- Life: January 16, 1975 - January 15, gally parked on the berm. The impact While on routine patrol, Master Troop- 2000 | 24 Years Old of the crash killed Supervisor Epper- er Deuter stopped a motorist on the son instantly. Indiana Toll Road in LaGrange County. While patrolling southeastern Kos- While standing beside the driver’s side ciusko County, Trooper Beal stopped Trooper door, a westbound semi-tractor trailer to assist a wrecker operator, who was Andrew P. Winzenread struck and killed him. pulling a car out of a ditch. As the two Hometown: men worked along side State Road Osgood, Indiana 14, the driver of a passing vehicle lost Appointed: control of her car on the icy roadway December 4, 1994 striking the wrecker and the state District: Versailles trooper. Trooper Beal died from his injuries three days later.
26 Indiana State Police Alliance Trooper Scott A. Patrick in Wabash County. Detective Rich an unknown reason his fully marked Hometown: approached the vehicle with his State state police Crown Victoria traveled Wheatfield, Indiana Police ID in one hand and his police off the east side of the road striking a Appointed: radio in the other. When M/Trp Rich tree at the driver’s side door. June 25, 2000 approached the drivers side window District: Lowell the driver of vehicle shot one round Master Motor Life: September 12, 1976 - December from a shotgun through the window Carrier Inspector 22, 2003 | 27 Years Old and struck M/Trp Rich in the chest Robert E. Pitcher fatally wounding him. The suspect Hometown: While patrolling Interstate 80 in Lake wanted in Michigan for vehicle theft Cambridge City, Indiana County, Trooper Patrick was dis- took his own life with a single shotgun Appointed: July 11, 1988 patched to a call of a disabled vehicle. round to the head. District: Connersville Locating the vehicle, Trooper Patrick Life: June 25, 1946 - September 26, made contact with the driver who was Trooper Daniel Barrett 2010 | 64 Years Old walking away from the car. The driver Hometown: opened fire killing Trooper Patrick. Logansport, Indiana While enroute to a motor coach Appointed: July 6, 2007 inspection detail in the Lowell Dis- Lieutenant District: Peru trict, Master Motor Carrier Inspector Gary E. Dudley Life: October 27, 1982 - Bob Pitcher was involved in a motor Hometown: January 27, 2008 | 25 Years Old vehicle crash which claimed his life. Indianapolis, Indiana Master Motor Carrier Inspector Pitcher Appointed: Trooper Barrett was attempting to is the second Indiana State Police December 14, 1979 catch a speeding vehicle that was Motor Carrier unit to be killed in the District: Headquarters traveling northbound on U.S. 31. Be- line-of-duty. Life: April 7, 1955 - August 22, 2006 | fore Trooper Barrett was able to make 51 Years Old contact with the speeding vehicle, for
While participating in a bicycle ride to honor fallen police officers, Lieutenant Gary Dudley and retired Lake County Sheriff’s Department Chief of Police Gary Martin were killed when a box truck struck the riders’ support vehicle shoving the support vehicle into the group of cyclists. Lieutenant Dudley and Chief Martin died at the scene of the crash on State Road 63 in Vermil- lion County. A third cyclist, retired Indianapolis Police Officer Spencer Moore was injured in the crash.
Master Trooper Detective David E. Rich Hometown: Mexico, Indiana Appointed: November 19, 1989 District: Peru Life: April 8, 1966 - July 5, 2007 | 41 Years Old
Master Trooper Detective David E. Rich was on his way home towards the end of his shift when he stopped to assist what appeared to be a stranded motorist at the side of road on Highway 24 just east of SR 115
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