"The union's Monday night vote to support Ballard in the November election
was unanimous."
Bart Peterson, mayor of Indianapolis, ran for office a few years ago pledging to hire 200 more officers to reduce crime. Since then, the administration has refused to maintain those levels of police manpower, and crime has risen dramatically in the past year.
In addition, Peterson pushed through his proposal to save money by consolidating the city and county police departments. This came after a more than year long contract dispute with the FOP about IPD's contract, in which our brave officers had to work without a contract.
I don't blame the FOP for turning against Peterson. I hope Ballard listens, and gives our officers the respect they deserve.
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