Johnson County law enforcement ‘frustrated’ with crime coming from Marion County

[WanderingSol07]

It would be interesting to know the county of origin for those in the Marion County Jail.

 

[Indyhd]

It would be interesting to know the county of origin for those in the Marion County Jail.

Do they actually house anyone there, or is it just overnight stays until they get low bond or ORed out ?

 

[ratames]

Oh hell no. Some of what we are reaping now was due to his total ineptitude while in office. One of the worst Mayors Indy has ever had. Maybe THE worst.

Ballard certainly had is faults, but his administration, and Indy in general, were no where near the s*** show they have become under Hogsett.

 

[Denny347]

Ballard certainly had is faults, but his administration, and Indy in general, were no where near the s*** show they have become under Hogsett.

The damage that he did with the MILLIONS he wasted with improper/underhanded contracts for the electric cars, charging stations, and an IMPD Roll Call that was WAY overpaid and falling apart, and there there was Public Safety Director Straub. Straub, the single most hated person in the City. He ran IMPD into the ground so he could build it up. Sadly, all he did was run it into the ground. Years of his hiring freeze is still being felt and is making our current manpower issues, worse. He knew how to spend money on himself and little on anything else.
Indy crime is a societal issue. The kids raised by crappy parents are growing up into become criminals...who would have thought? Mayor Hogsett is going about addressing the crime the wrong way but the City was headed in this direction for a LONG time. Judges have LONG kept criminals out of jail and we are seeing the results. Mayors have SOME influence but in reality, the public is responsible for their own behavior.

 

[xwing]

Bravo to the Prosecutor in Johnson County for his efforts. Unlike that woke “prosecutor” in Marion, crimes will be strongly prosecuted in Johnson County.

Excellent. Given a little bit of time, this will be effective. You can never stop all of the criminals, but vigorous prosecution will certainly slow them down.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The damage that he did with the MILLIONS he wasted with improper/underhanded contracts for the electric cars, charging stations, and an IMPD Roll Call that was WAY overpaid and falling apart, and there there was Public Safety Director Straub. Straub, the single most hated person in the City. He ran IMPD into the ground so he could build it up. Sadly, all he did was run it into the ground. Years of his hiring freeze is still being felt and is making our current manpower issues, worse. He knew how to spend money on himself and little on anything else.
Indy crime is a societal issue. The kids raised by crappy parents are growing up into become criminals...who would have thought? Mayor Hogsett is going about addressing the crime the wrong way but the City was headed in this direction for a LONG time. Judges have LONG kept criminals out of jail and we are seeing the results. Mayors have SOME influence but in reality, the public is responsible for their own behavior.

Hogsett is now talking about hiring another Public Safety Director. Any bets on whether that one will be anything but Straub part 2?

 

[Denny347]

Hogsett is now talking about hiring another Public Safety Director. Any bets on whether that one will be anything but Straub part 2?

We've had great PSD in the past but Straub was a special kind of awful. We'll see. It really doesn't matter if we have one or not. It's political spinning at it's best. Until we get Judges to actually impose harsher sentences, a prosecutor who actually files charges, and MOST importantly, citizens to look inward and come to terms with the fact that THEY helped create this mess and HAVE to help fix it, nothing will change.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

We've had great PSD in the past but Straub was a special kind of awful. We'll see. It really doesn't matter if we have one or not. It's political spinning at it's best. Until we get Judges to actually impose harsher sentences, a prosecutor who actually files charges, and MOST importantly, citizens to look inward and come to terms with the fact that THEY helped create this mess and HAVE to help fix it, nothing will change.

Especially agree with that last part. How many times do you see interviews with people in the 'hood that want the police to "do something" but they themselves are unwilling to talk to the police. These people know exactly who are committing the crimes. The whole "snitches get stitches" mentality keeps them in business.

 

[Gabriel]

I don't know anything about Indianapolis since it's too far south to really pay any attention to, but that complaint is no different than being any community near a large metropolitan area.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Societal decay is a contagion.

And a choice.

 

[Tactically Fat]

JoCo has PLENTY of home-grown scumbags, too.

Add in the transplants, be they temporary or permanent, and some spots are really showing the strain.

Generally it's not a violence problem. But it absolutely comes to that at times.

 

[indyjs]

Remember the hospitality tax gathered from the donut counties ? Maybe repurpose that money to build massive prisons in donut counties

 

[CallSign Snafu]

The rub is that there are more jobs near and in Indy than other places so it is easy to wind up there because that is often where there is a living to be made. Unfortunately, the local leaders be it the mayor, prosecutor or many of the judges don't have any of sense of urgency to stem the tide on violent crime with effective measures. There is one exception which I was shocked by and that was when Indy decided very recently to pony up cash for more federal prosecutors to hit more of these thugs with federal gun charges.
Say what you will, but there is a distinct slam dunk often times for Federal gun crimes imagine this common scenario for such cases

Judge: You sir the defendant have multiple felony convictions.
Scumbag: Yes, Judge.
Judge: The police pulled a gun off your person after routine traffic stop.
Scumbag: Yes, Judge.
Judge: See you in 7-20 years loser, hope you brought your toothbrush.

Good way to get some of these emmy award winners off the street.

 

[nwebb01]

A real sad state of affairs. This is what happens when the people elect losers that allow the decay to happen.

 

[Vodnik4]

LOL, makes you wonder if we will see new signs at the county line... "Now leaving the inept jurisdiction of Ryan Mears, welcome to Johnson County where laws are enforced and criminals are punished"

I lived in a rural county close to a big city. The Sheriff was tough as nails and didn’t tolerate trash spilling over the county border. On the major road into the county, there was a giant billboard with his frowning face, and the message something like “here we deal with crime harshly, criminals better do a u-turn”.
Then libs moved in, feefees got hurt, Sheriff got replaced, billboard went down and crime went up.

 

[thompal]

There is one exception which I was shocked by and that was when Indy decided very recently to pony up cash for more federal prosecutors to hit more of these thugs with federal gun charges.
Say what you will, but there is a distinct slam dunk often times for Federal gun crimes imagine this common scenario for such cases

That was only necessary because everyone know that Mears won't take criminals seriously. If we thought that Mears actually would do his job, I'd prefer that the Feds wouldn't get involved.

 

[04FXSTS]

I lived in a rural county close to a big city. The Sheriff was tough as nails and didn’t tolerate trash spilling over the county border. On the major road into the county, there was a giant billboard with his frowning face, and the message something like “here we deal with crime harshly, criminals better do a u-turn”.
Then libs moved in, feefees got hurt, Sheriff got replaced, billboard went down and crime went up.

Nothing good ever happens when liberals move in! Just look at Colorado and Arizona, what has happened to those states. Jim.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

…and MOST importantly, citizens to look inward and come to terms with the fact that THEY helped create this mess and HAVE to help fix it, nothing will change.

This is the key.

 

[bwframe]

 

[flatlander]

Until people step up and say that little Johnny was the shooter, and are protected, nothing will change. The kid that got killed by his 2 friends a while ago already had 2 bodies of his own and everybody knew it. That was a payback hit pure and simple. There's a lot of that going on. Unfortunately, innocent people get caught in the crossfire.

Also, look at the publicity of Broad Ripple's shootings vs the others. Kinda like the mass shootings vs the every day homicides that are skyrocketing. I had to leave my last job after 12 years because of the slaughter. I stopped counting after 5 years of the number of shooters and shootee's of juveniles I knew. Sad because a lot of their parents were the first ones to fail them and they never got back onto the correct path.