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Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | |
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Abbreviation | IMPD |
Agency overview | |
Formed | January 1, 2007 |
Preceding agencies | |
Annual budget | $222 million[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
Map of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
Size | 368.1 sq mi (953.5 km2) |
Population | 852,866 (2013) |
Legal jurisdiction | State of Indiana |
Governing body | Indianapolis City-County Council |
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General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | City-County Building 200 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Sworn Officers | 1,700[3] |
Civilian Employees | 250[3] |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Divisions | 3
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Facilities | |
Districts | 6
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Cars | 1,550 |
Motorcycles | 70 |
Website | |
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The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is the law enforcement agency for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Its operational jurisdiction covers all of the consolidated city of Indianapolis and Marion County except for the four excluded cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport, and Speedway (see Unigov). It was created on January 1, 2007, by consolidating the Indianapolis Police Department and the road division of the Marion County Sheriff's Office.[4] Indianapolis Park Rangers were merged into IMPD in 2009.
At the time of its formation, the IMPD was headed by the elected sheriff of Marion County, Frank J. Anderson. However, on February 29, 2008, the department came under the control of the mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard, after Ballard and Anderson reached a resolution for the transfer of power and the City-County Council passed Proposal 6 effecting the change. The mayor appoints the Chief of Police to administer the daily operations of the department.
IMPD has six service districts.[5]
The rank structure of the department is as follows:[6]
Title | Insignia | Badge color | Uniform |
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Chief of Police | Gold | Navy blue shirt | |
Assistant Chief | |||
Deputy Chief | |||
Commander | |||
Major | |||
Captain | |||
Lieutenant | |||
Sergeant | |||
Detective | Silver | ||
Patrolman |
Since its creation, four Indianapolis Metropolitan police officers have been killed in the line of duty.[8]