Passing grade with record homicides, grading on a curve here? Throwing two officers under the bus brought his grade up? He kind of went over it like it was a disagreement in a routine meeting.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The police chief of the Indianapolis Metro Police Department told FOX59, he would give himself an average 'C' grade for the job he's done so far as Indy's top police boss.
Eighteen months ago, Roach took charge of IMPD. At that time, Indianapolis had just closed out its deadliest year in nearly two decades with 149 criminal homicides.
Under the leadership of Mayor Joe Hogsett, Roach was tasked with reducing that violence. But 2017 came and went with even more criminal homicides. 156 people dead.
And 2018's numbers continue to climb. As of August, we're at 86 criminal homicides.
"If you're selling narcotics, you're typically protecting your narcotics with a gun. If you're robbing people, you typically have a gun," said Roach. "Conflict resolution. Social media. So many of our violence has been conflicts that get escalated through social media."
That path includes the city doling out more than $2 million dollars in crime prevention grants. It's pulling in grassroots groups and it just appointed two new peacemakers who will work one-on-one with families in the most violent neighborhood.
After the Bailey shooting, there was a very public clash between Chief Roach and the Fraternal Order of Police when Roach called for the firing of the two officers involved. He said he knew he had to work to mend those relationships fast.
"A lot of talking. A lot of discussions. It would`ve been so easy for the FOP and this administration to separate and not to have those discussions, but the FOP president and I continue to have dialogue like we did prior."
https://fox59.com/2018/08/08/indy-p...a-c-as-homicides-head-towards-another-record/
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The police chief of the Indianapolis Metro Police Department told FOX59, he would give himself an average 'C' grade for the job he's done so far as Indy's top police boss.
Eighteen months ago, Roach took charge of IMPD. At that time, Indianapolis had just closed out its deadliest year in nearly two decades with 149 criminal homicides.
Under the leadership of Mayor Joe Hogsett, Roach was tasked with reducing that violence. But 2017 came and went with even more criminal homicides. 156 people dead.
And 2018's numbers continue to climb. As of August, we're at 86 criminal homicides.
"If you're selling narcotics, you're typically protecting your narcotics with a gun. If you're robbing people, you typically have a gun," said Roach. "Conflict resolution. Social media. So many of our violence has been conflicts that get escalated through social media."
That path includes the city doling out more than $2 million dollars in crime prevention grants. It's pulling in grassroots groups and it just appointed two new peacemakers who will work one-on-one with families in the most violent neighborhood.
After the Bailey shooting, there was a very public clash between Chief Roach and the Fraternal Order of Police when Roach called for the firing of the two officers involved. He said he knew he had to work to mend those relationships fast.
"A lot of talking. A lot of discussions. It would`ve been so easy for the FOP and this administration to separate and not to have those discussions, but the FOP president and I continue to have dialogue like we did prior."
https://fox59.com/2018/08/08/indy-p...a-c-as-homicides-head-towards-another-record/