The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is the law enforcement agency for the city of Indianapolis,

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, in the United States. Its operational jurisdiction covers all of the consolidated city of Indianapolis and Marion County except for the

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and the four excluded cities of Beech Grove,

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). It was created on January 1, 2007, by consolidating the

Indianapolis Police Department 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 ...

and the road division of the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Indianapolis Park Rangers were merged into IMPD in 2009.

Organization

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At the time of its formation, the IMPD was headed by the elected sheriff of Marion County, Frank J. Anderson. However, on February 29, 2008, the department came under the control of the

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, Greg Ballard, after Ballard and Anderson reached a resolution for the transfer of power and the City-County Council passed Proposal 6 effecting the change. The mayor appoints the Chief of Police to administer the daily operations of the department. IMPD has six service districts.

Rank structure

The rank structure of the department is as follows

Weapons

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.40 S&W was standard issue and was to be phased out in 2016, but following issues with the Glock 17M, the Glock 22 was put back into service until the issue could be addressed with Glock and the department. *

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M 9mm is the new issue weapon for 2016 and 2017. Currently all sworn officers have been issued the 17M and the Glock 22 has been completely phased out. *

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Pump Action is the standard issue shotgun for the department. The department also uses a less lethal shotgun for certain situations where deadly force isn't needed but a

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or pepper spray is ineffective. *

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is the patrol rifle utilized by the officers of the department during intense situations and other situations where a pistol or a shotgun is to little effect. The IMPD uses the Colt CAR-15A3 RO997 (M4A1) as does the agency's SWAT unit.

On-duty deaths

, four Indianapolis Metropolitan police officers have been killed in the line of duty.

References

External links

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department site

Service Districts2020 IMPD Annual Report
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