Indianapolis Republican mayoral candidate Chuck Brewer is unveiling a 12-point public safety plan that has a heavy focus on attacking the illegal drug trade, increasing police intelligence and providing more social services to aid in crime prevention.

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CHUCK
BREWER
ANNOUNCES
12-­‐POINT
PUBLIC
SAFETY
PLAN
WHICH
INCLUDES
ADDING
POLICE
OFFICERS,
SOCIAL
RESOURCE
OFFICERS,
AND
A
HEROIN
TASKFORCE
Brewer’s
plan
includes
combination
of
171
new
public
safety
personnel,
increased
collaboration,
and
additional
investments
in
technology
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Today,
Chuck
Brewer,
candidate
for
Mayor
of
Indianapolis
announced
his
12-­‐point
public
safety
plan
aimed
at
preventing
and
fighting
crime
to
make
Indianapolis
a
safer
city.
Public
safety
is
one
of
the
four
pillars
of
Brewer’s
overall
plan,
“Envision
Indy.”
“The
most
fundamental,
core
responsibility
for
city
government
is
to
ensure
and
improve
the
safety
of
our
residents
and
all
of
those
who
visit
our
city,”
said
Brewer.
“It
is
crucial
that
we
recognize
programs
that
have
had
success
and
build
on
that
success
by
utilizing
new
technology
and
innovative
crime
fighting
tactics.”
“We
need
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
police
officers,”
continued
Brewer.
“But
we
also
need
to
support
those
officers
with
the
staff
and
tools
that
they
need
to
keep
our
city
safe.
Above
all,
we
need
to
work
together
as
a
community,
pooling
our
collective
resources
to
ensure
we
have
strong,
safe
neighborhoods
across
the
entire
city.”
Chuck
Brewer’s
12-­‐Point
Public
Safety
Plan
1. Add
115
police
officers
to
IMPD
as
currently
planned
by
Mayor
Ballard
and
the
City-­‐County
Council,
by
the
end
of
2019.
2. Add
an
additional
35
new
police
officers
for
a
total
of
150
additional
police
officers
and
21
new
staff
members
to
IMPD
for
a
total
of
171
new
police
officers
and
staff
by
the
end
of
2019.
3. Recruit,
train
and
hire
21
civilian
Social
Resource
Officers,
employed
by
IMPD,
who
will
connect
high-­‐risk
families
and
individuals
with
service
agencies
that
can
provide
treatment,
counseling,
and
alternatives
to
a
life
of
crime.
Social
Resource
Officers
will
work
with
families
of
homicide
victims,
victims
of
sex
crimes,
those
who
are
committing
burglary
to
support
a
family
and/or
a
drug
habit,
victims
and
families
of
victims
of
child
abuse,
domestic
violence
victims
and
their
children,
and
with
at
risk
juveniles
and
their
families.
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4. Launch
Enhanced
Community
Policing,
a
renewed
focus
on
community
policing
and
community
partnerships
while
utilizing
technological
advances
through
intelligence
led
policing.
This
will
build
on
current
efforts
utilizing
data
to
reduce,
disrupt
and
prevent
crime.
5. Establish,
staff
and
deploy
a
fully
functional
Real-­‐Time
Intelligence
Center
to
give
officers
and
detectives
instant
information
and
intelligence
to
better
allocate
resources,
identify
patterns
and
stop
emerging
crime.
6. Equip
officers
who
have
patrol
duties
with
body
and
dashboard
cameras
to
increase
transparency,
which
will
both
build
trust
between
the
community
and
police
officers
and
also
protect
officers
in
instances
where
controversy
arises.
7. Reinstate
the
Indianapolis
Violence
Reduction
Partnership
to
engage
the
community
and
to
connect
law
enforcement
efforts
within
Marion
County.
In
the
late
1990’s,
Indianapolis
pioneered
a
project
that
led
to
a
dramatic
reduction
in
violent
crime.
The
Indianapolis
Violence
Reduction
Partnership
(IVRP)
will
consist
of
regular
collaboration
among
decision
makers
of
a
variety
of
organizations
that
can
dedicate
resources,
including
the
Mayor’s
office,
IMPD,
the
US
Attorney’s
Office,
the
Sheriff’s
Department,
the
Prosecutor’s
office,
Probation,
as
well
as
local
clergy,
and
leaders
of
anchor
institutions
such
as
universities
and
hospitals.
8. Appoint
a
Director
of
Violence
Reduction
and
Prevention
to
report
directly
to
the
Mayor
to
coordinate
IVRP
and
Heroin
Taskforce
engagement
efforts.
9. Create
the
Heroin
Taskforce,
modeled
after
the
successful
IVRP
program,
charged
with
engaging
local,
regional,
state
and
federal
law
enforcement
as
well
as
the
non-­‐profit,
faith-­‐based
and
medical
communities
in
collaborative
efforts
to
disrupt
the
distribution
of
heroin
and
increase
treatment
options.
This
includes
identifying
current
treatment
resources,
shortages
and
addressing
treatment
gaps.
10. Dedicate
36
of
the
150
new
officers
to
the
IMPD
Metro
Drug
Taskforce,
IMPD
Criminal
Interdiction
Unit
and
IMPD
District
Narcotics
teams
to
aid
the
Heroin
Taskforce
efforts
to
disrupt
the
distribution
of
heroin.
11. Support
the
continuation
and
expansion
of
the
Ten
Point
Coalition
and
other
community
partnerships
by
leveraging
additional
resources,
steering
additional
funding
to
them,
and
assisting
in
the
grant
application
and
management
process.
12.
Create
“Second
Chance
Indianapolis,”
an
organization
to
operate
similarly
to
CHIP,
by
bringing
the
collective
resources
of
the
entire
city
together
to
support
ex-­‐offenders
in
the
transition
from
jail
or
prison
and
put
them
on
a
path
for
success.
Like
CHIP,
Second
Chance
Indianapolis
would
not
provide
direct
services
but
would
work
extensively
with
organizations
providing
services
to
pool
resources
and
engage
non-­‐profit,
faith-­‐based
and
business
leaders
in
the
process.
*IMPD
currently
employs
10
victim
advocates.
These
ten
victim
advocates
would
become
Social
Resource
Officers.
An
additional
21
Social
Resource
Officers
would
be
hired
for
a
total
of
31
Social
Resource
Officers,
allowing
SROs
to
cover
each
of
the
three
shifts
in
all
six
IMPD
districts.
The
SROs
would
be
assigned
by
district,
yet
collaborate
countywide
to
ensure
no
resource
is
left
untapped.
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