The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 551, Sen. Waltz’s bill to establish crime fighting pilot projects in Marion, Lake, and Allen Counties, with an annual appropriation of $200,000 for each of the counties to be used only to pay overtime for officers assigned to a high crime district. Law enforcement officers from the chosen counties testified in support of the bill. Some committee members said they would vote to pass the bill, but wanted the pilot expanded to more counties. The bill passed 9-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/551.