ISP Adding more staff to process LTCH

[db1959]

https://local.nixle.com/alert/5026952/?sub_id=681133

The Indiana State Police Department is responsible for issuing licenses to carry a handgun to citizens of Indiana that request a license. The Department is required to issue or deny the request - stating the denial cause - within 60 days from the time an application is submitted. Efforts to meet the time frame requirement have not been met due to a significant rise in the number of requests for handgun licenses. This is attributable to the number of shootings across the country, coupled with national news stories debating more restrictive gun laws.

 

[9mmfan]

So what the **ll took so long anyway? I coworker of mine waited 8 months to get his back.

 

[db1959]

So what the **ll took so long anyway? I coworker of mine waited 8 months to get his back.

Did you read the article? They offer their explanation.

 

[brotherbill3]

Thanks - that's a good find. Plan to Share 'abroad' ... +1.

 

[Kirkd]

https://local.nixle.com/alert/5026952/?sub_id=681133

I like that the article says they have not been able to process applications in tge 60 day time frame ue to the recent events. Its been quite awhile since they have processed in less than 69 days

 

[9mmfan]

Did you read the article? They offer their explanation.

I read the story but anyone waiting for months on their license to come back could have told the ISP they need more help. The 'evaluation' seems like a waste of time.

 

[brotherbill3]

Shared elsewhere
did a quick review of last time I looked at this

(side note: just 2 January's ago - my wife's took less than 2 weeks)

A brief review:
Since I last quoted numbers (June 11, 2013: data to end of March 466,275 LTCH's)
there are now another 27,000 LTCH's added - for total of 493,205
and the last 7 months (June is incomplete) total app's (Dec 2012 to part June 2013) is 91,940
already 50% more than all of 2012, and will likely surpass the 2009 total of 98,639 within the coming month.

As I said previously - we're going to double last year. Given that most are lifetime LTCH's ... that's NEW people getting licensed to carry.

 

[db1959]

I read the story but anyone waiting for months on their license to come back could have told the ISP they need more help. The 'evaluation' seems like a waste of time.

It's a start. Bureaucratic wheels turn slow.

 

[ParaManAR15]

So now they're going to streamline the process and bring on more people when the peak of the applications was back in January and now declining. I guess better late than never.

 

[CathyInBlue]

What we need is an administrative penalty for each week the ISP holds up each and every application past 60 days. 61-66 days from mailing it in to getting LTCH back in the mail, refund $2. 67-73 days, $5; 74-80, $12; 81-87, $25. Eventually, that schedule would get into the range where the ISP would wind up paying Hoosiers to take their LTCHes.

 

[Destro]

What we need is an administrative penalty for each week the ISP holds up each and every application past 60 days. 61-66 days from mailing it in to getting LTCH back in the mail, refund $2. 67-73 days, $5; 74-80, $12; 81-87, $25. Eventually, that schedule would get into the range where the ISP would wind up paying Hoosiers to take their LTCHes.

some people are always chasing the mighty ambulance

 

[Bunnykid68]

Bad idea, once they hire another state helper, good luck getting rid of them

 

[Bunnykid68]

What we need is an administrative penalty for each week the ISP holds up each and every application past 60 days. 61-66 days from mailing it in to getting LTCH back in the mail, refund $2. 67-73 days, $5; 74-80, $12; 81-87, $25. Eventually, that schedule would get into the range where the ISP would wind up paying Hoosiers to take their LTCHes.

Eliminate the use of the ISP altogether. If you are not locked up or otherwise prohibited, carry away.

 

[Destro]

Bad idea, once they hire another state helper, good luck getting rid of them

this

 

[kludge]

What I find telling, is that ALL of the people who had four year licenses have now had the chance to convert them to lifetime licenses and STILL there is huge backlog.

 

[Cameramonkey]

bear in mind I'm addicted to shows like "how its made", but I'd love to see exactly what goes into an application... exactly what they do and how long it takes to process each app.

As a bonus, it would be interesting to see what they do with ones that are "iffy" such as a minor infraction decades back that isnt a deal breaker, but may require more detailed scrutiny.

And you KNOW the system is farked up when the following happens... two people submit apps exactly 1 week apart... first candidate uses the traditional ("slow") IMPD method, and exactly a week later the second candidate (actually a husband and wife) pays extra and uses the "faster" (now required) private agency to submit the application.

Fast forward 22+ weeks and the "faster" applicant(s) gets his "Larry" over a month later than the traditional applicant. I thought that using L2 (or whatever they are called now) guaranteed faster service? At least thats what they (and the ISP website at the time) claimed. I'd be demanding a refund if I were them...