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Regular meeting of the Citizens’ Police Complaint Board

August meeting is happening in the Southeast Community Services 2nd floor conference room

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Edited and summarized by the Indianapolis - IN Documenters Team

Live reporting by Franklin Bennett

Regular meeting of the Citizens' Police Complaint Board

Franklin Bennett @SebastionShaw72
Hi,everyone I will be live-tweeting the Citizens Police Complaint Board meeting starting at 6:00pm for #indydocumenter @mirrorindy @indydocumenters

04:59 PM Aug 12, 2024 CDT

Franklin Bennett @SebastionShaw72 2/19
Today’s agenda
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The meeting was called to order at 6:12 by the president of the board Kenneth Riggans.
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The meeting started with setting a date for the November meeting and then moved to approve the minutes.
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The first order of business is a case follow-up for Brandi Taziyah. The The Internal Affairs Department sided with the officer and the board decided no further action was needed.
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The next case up is Linda Field, who alleges that the officers at the scene of the accident that resulted in the death of her son Avery, were negligent in running tests on the other driver involved in the accident and temporarily detaining him.He has yet to be charged after
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223 days and the family of the deceased has felt that IMPD let her family down. The board is going over the being the driver that caused the accident could have been intoxicated as there was video footage of the driver in a liquor store and a 12 pack of facts.One
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of beer was found in the car. The board agreed with the findings of the Internal Affairs department that Officer Gannon’s performance was substandard and the findings will be submitted to the police chief.
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Correction:The mother of the deceased young man who presented her complaint to the board was Nina May.
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The next case up is Linda Field, who alleges via zoom that during a wellness check for her son the officer failed to properly conduct a complete wellness check because the officer alleged he was not able to gain access into the house.The board agreed the officer could have done
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More to try to gain access to the house as it could have been a life or death scenario.
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The next case on the docket is the case of Adontae Hamilton.She alleges that during a domestic dispute with her boyfriend the police arrested her because when asked to leave she didn’t leave fast enough and feel the the police punished her. The officers allege that Hamilton, was
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in the process of hitting her boyfriend with the car and that led to her arrest.Hamilton’s boyfriend didn’t want to press charges at the time.The police came back on their own accord for a wellness check and arrested Hamilton.
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The board agreed that more information was needed in this case and the case was not voted on at this time but will be revisited at a later date.
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The last case on the docket is Terence .Plummer alleges that he was falsely arrested for disorderly conduct and when he asked for the officer’s name and the officer’s supervisor he was denied.The board concluded that Plummer had no merit for requesting a Plummer.Mr
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A supervisor to argue his arrest.
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The announcements included a training opportunity for board members and the announcement of the date for the September meeting. The meeting was concluded at 7:47 pm.
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Problems and wrongdoing tend to hide in the dark if you or anyone you know has been the victim of police misconduct please contact the Citizens Police Complaint office at 317-327-3440
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Have questions? Think we got something wrong? Send any questions on this meeting or these tweets to @indydocumenters or email us at documenters@mirrorindy.org

Agency Information

Citizens' Police Complaint Board

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www.indy.gov

(317) 327-3440

cpco@indy.gov

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The Citizens’ Police Complaint Board (CPCB) reviews complaints brought to the attention of the Citizens’ Police Complaint Office. The board has nine voting members, three non-voting members, and one IMPD member, the City-County Council appoints six members and one IMPD member, and the Fraternal Order of Police appoints one member.

Current Board Members:

  • Craig Cordi, member
  • Ranissa E Dycus, member
  • Kelly Doucet, member
  • David Bolling, ex-officio
  • Kenneth Riggins, member
  • Timothy Jeffers, member
  • Patrice Abduallah, member
  • Evan Shearin, member
  • Kortney Bond, member
  • Brett B Thomas, member
  • Scott Carpenter, ex-officio

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