Marion County Sheriffs Office is having a reserve school in a few months.

[UTL]

If anyone is interested Marion County Sheriffs Office is ramping up soon to have another reserve school. If anyone is interested send me a PM or post here if you have any questions.

Once you complete the training you will have to commit to 32 hours a month. You will get a take home car, fuel card and all your equipment provided. As far as departments it is one of the best to be a reserve at. Take home cars for reserves is almost unheard of. I currently have a 2012 Charger with 70k miles in the garage with a SBR and a SBS in the gun rack. You are allowed to work ODE in Marion County(off duty employment, pay runs between 25-35 an hour and is easily available once you get to know other deputies).

You have to live in Marion county or one of the surrounding counties. (Morgan Included)

Its a front row seat to the greatest show on earth.

 

[Route 45]

What do reserve deputies do? It was my understanding that IMPD does all law enforcement patrol duties in Marion County since the merger back in '07.

 

[UTL]

What do reserve deputies do? It was my understanding that IMPD does all law enforcement patrol duties in Marion County since the merger back in '07.

Depends on what youre interested in, We do a ton of saturation patrols looking for wanted people, guns, dope, stolen vehicles. Serve arrest warrants, Criminal Interdiction, some of the week night squads direct traffic. We take district calls too, work accidents, drive jail wagons.

I mainly do criminal interdiction. Its what I like to do. Last night I recovered a stolen handgun and meth on a traffic stop. Another Deputy recovered a stolen vehicle. Others were picking up felony warrants that are called in by crimestopper or other citizens

 

[Route 45]

Sounds like a piecemeal undoing of the merger, albeit with a new crew and without a merit board. Not necessarily a bad thing, the merger was a sham from the beginning. Wish the full timers could at least get a merit board back. Kinda surprised to see that you guys take district runs. I'm betting IMPD can use the help.

Be careful out there.

 

[UTL]

Sounds like a piecemeal undoing of the merger, albeit with a new crew and without a merit board. Not necessarily a bad thing, the merger was a sham from the beginning. Wish the full timers could at least get a merit board back. Kinda surprised to see that you guys take district runs. I'm betting IMPD can use the help.

Be careful out there.

Its interesting not having 911 calls to answer for sure. I always enjoyed the hunt of looking for the criminals (dope, wanted people and illegal guns) anyway so when I switched to MCSO it was a great fit for me. I have never heard metro complain when we jump their calls. Those guys do a great job and always seem to appreciate the help.

 

[thunderchicken]

MCSD (MCSO) is out on the streets doing more than most people think. Although it is counter productive to the agreed upon responsibilities through the merger. I truly believe the Sheriff would love to have merit deputies and their old Law enforcement division back.
Some of these guys are great people and do good work. But there are some that I think were scraped from the bottom of the barrel.

I work with both IMPD and MCSD and hear stories and see stuff from both sides.

 

[UTL]

MCSD (MCSO) is out on the streets doing more than most people think. Although it is counter productive to the agreed upon responsibilities through the merger. I truly believe the Sheriff would love to have merit deputies and their old Law enforcement division back.
Some of these guys are great people and do good work. But there are some that I think were scraped from the bottom of the barrel.

I work with both IMPD and MCSD and hear stories and see stuff from both sides.

I agree that some of the reserves were less than ideal in the past. The current LTC of the Reserve division has made great strides in the past two years to get it where its at today and has a great vision for the future of that Division. We have had some turds, just like every other department.

 

[Dead Duck]

I wanta do that!
As long as I can work from home......... but I'll still take the car....and the guns. It's just that driving to work isn't really my thing..... and I don't like people telling me what to do.

I do like donuts though...



When do I start?

 

[SMiller]

I wanta do that!
As long as I can work from home......... but I'll still take the car....and the guns. It's just that driving to work isn't really my thing..... and I don't like people telling me what to do.

I do like donuts though...



When do I start?

I like this guy!

 

[UTL]

I wanta do that!
As long as I can work from home......... but I'll still take the car....and the guns. It's just that driving to work isn't really my thing..... and I don't like people telling me what to do.

I do like donuts though...



When do I start?

I see LT bars in your future.

 

[T.Lex]

Sounds like a piecemeal undoing of the merger, albeit with a new crew and without a merit board.

That course was plotted soon after the merger was finalized. There's been ups and downs, but even some of those were kabuki theater.

 

[phylodog]

That course was plotted soon after the merger was finalized. There's been ups and downs, but even some of those were kabuki theater.

Yep. Frank Anderson fell for the Okie Doke and had the rug pulled out from under him shortly after agreeing to the merger so long as he was king. The merger was supposed to save money via eliminating the duplication of services yet the MCSD continued to see budget increases post merger in spite of handing off millions in fiscal responsibilities. Not a knock on anyone working at MCSD but the taxpayers of Marion County should be outraged at how much money is being pissed away through a duplication of services.

The MCSD should have reverted to running the jail, providing for court security and handling tax/civil issues as outlined by statute. Instead there have been millions spent rebuilding what was gladly handed over in 2007. That said, I'm all for giving the Sheriff back his previous jurisdictions and pulling IMPD back to within the old IPD jurisdictions. It would solve several significant issues for IMPD and provide a more effective value to the taxpayers who are paying for deputies on patrol who aren't beholden to calls for service.

 

[thunderchicken]

Yep. Frank Anderson fell for the Okie Doke and had the rug pulled out from under him shortly after agreeing to the merger so long as he was king. The merger was supposed to save money via eliminating the duplication of services yet the MCSD continued to see budget increases post merger in spite of handing off millions in fiscal responsibilities. Not a knock on anyone working at MCSD but the taxpayers of Marion County should be outraged at how much money is being pissed away through a duplication of services.

The MCSD should have reverted to running the jail, providing for court security and handling tax/civil issues as outlined by statute. Instead there have been millions spent rebuilding what was gladly handed over in 2007. That said, I'm all for giving the Sheriff back his previous jurisdictions and pulling IMPD back to within the old IPD jurisdictions. It would solve several significant issues for IMPD and provide a more effective value to the taxpayers who are paying for deputies on patrol who aren't beholden to calls for service.

This is 100% dead on.
Also per the agreements made in the merger process MCSD agreed to take responsibility for running wagons...Which the Sheriff wanted to back out of at the end of last year until his budget was increased. Then he gladly decided to continue that service. He also wanted to pull his deputies from the detention section at Eskenazi, which was built for MCSD to have a place to secure inmates who need hospital services.
For a dept that was only supposed to little more than state statute responsibilities, they sure do have a gaggle of cars on the road.
They have several retired officers that have gone back to work for them. But they also have plenty of minimally trained Special Deputies out on the streets.
Not knocking anyone who works for MCSD, but The Sheriff's dept wastes tax money with their desperate attempt for a power grab

 

[T.Lex]

It kinda isn't a waste if it has to be done anyway, and I'm not sure IMPD wants to do those things or even can. (I think the county sheriff still has some things that are either constitutional or REALLY hard to undo statutorily.)

 

[phylodog]

He has court security, the jail and civil/tax responsibilities. Maybe registered sex offender stuff as well but I'm not sure on the statute with that one. If the taxpayers are footing the bill for uniformed officers in marked cars to be out enforcing the law, those officers should also be responding to 911 calls and taking crash reports. Like I said, I'm not knocking anyone at the department, roaming free with zero accountability to the taxpayers is an awesome job if you can get it (I was able to do something similar for several years when I worked MCSD). I have no doubt they have plenty who work hard to earn what they make but this is not how the merger was supposed to work. IMPD has officers working beats in unmarked pickup trucks because there are no patrol cars and MCSD is buying patrol cars and putting them on the streets with officers who aren't responsible for handling calls.

 

[UTL]

Thanks for keeping this on the first page guys. Once again, this is about the Reserve Division that are looking for quality applicants for an upcoming school that will be 2 nights a week and Saturday for a length of 9 months. Its a great way to give back to the community in a positive way. Nothing makes me happier when I can call a car theft victim and advise them that I have their car.

 

[HoughMade]

32 hours a month? That's gonna cut into my INGO time.

 

[T.Lex]

Couple things - not really arguing any of the points.

1) I think MCSD - like many agencies nowadays - is leasing their vehicles. I could be wrong about that, though.

2) I think there's a misconception that the merger was intended to be more efficient. Yeah, that's what it was marketed as, but my gut tells me it was more about bringing some integrated structure under the mayor's office (and the mayor's hand-picked public safety guy). That was the real power grab. I think Anderson went along because he really didn't care and either knew, or had already had the discussion, that the functional changes wouldn't really last. The county sheriff is elected like the mayor. They needed a sheriff who would agree to become subordinate to the mayor for operational policing and Anderson happened to be the right guy.

I totally understand the sentiment that MCSD has limited responsibilities and quite a bit of freedom (to not take 911 calls and such). I can't - and wouldn't - argue about that.

 

[UTL]

He has court security, the jail and civil/tax responsibilities. Maybe registered sex offender stuff as well but I'm not sure on the statute with that one. If the taxpayers are footing the bill for uniformed officers in marked cars to be out enforcing the law, those officers should also be responding to 911 calls and taking crash reports. Like I said, I'm not knocking anyone at the department, roaming free with zero accountability to the taxpayers is an awesome job if you can get it (I was able to do something similar for several years when I worked MCSD). I have no doubt they have plenty who work hard to earn what they make but this is not how the merger was supposed to work. IMPD has officers working beats in unmarked pickup trucks because there are no patrol cars and MCSD is buying patrol cars and putting them on the streets with officers who aren't responsible for handling calls.

So they are only legit officers if they take 911 calls and do crash reports? LOL, when was the last time your guys on motorcycles did anything but direct traffic or escorts? MCSO was capped by the council for the amount of cars they could have when the merger happened. That number is still held to.

 

[UTL]

Couple things - not really arguing any of the points.

1) I think MCSD - like many agencies nowadays - is leasing their vehicles. I could be wrong about that, though.

2) I think there's a misconception that the merger was intended to be more efficient. Yeah, that's what it was marketed as, but my gut tells me it was more about bringing some integrated structure under the mayor's office (and the mayor's hand-picked public safety guy). That was the real power grab. I think Anderson went along because he really didn't care and either knew, or had already had the discussion, that the functional changes wouldn't really last. The county sheriff is elected like the mayor. They needed a sheriff who would agree to become subordinate to the mayor for operational policing and Anderson happened to be the right guy.

I totally understand the sentiment that MCSD has limited responsibilities and quite a bit of freedom (to not take 911 calls and such). I can't - and wouldn't - argue about that.

1. We are only allowed x amount of vehicles, doesnt matter if they are leased or bought