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Q&A with Sergeant Troy Smith, CCS SRO, K9 supervisor, trainer, about K-9 officers

Q&A with Sergeant Troy Smith, CCS SRO, K9 supervisor, trainer, about K-9 officers

Safin Khatri March 20, 2024

Can you share with us the daily duties and responsibilities of a K-9 officer? Our K-9 officers are just like any other patrol officer. They respond to calls for service and things, and then they...

Review: The Night Agent is an outstanding conspiracy thriller [MUSE]

Review: “The Night Agent” is an outstanding conspiracy thriller [MUSE]

Royce Brown April 24, 2023

If I’m being honest, I’ve never been a fan of Netflix. Scrolling through the menu, seeing shows I’ve never even heard of before with mediocre reviews, average star ratings and trailers that are almost...

School Resource Officers (SROs) to have new police office at CHS

Hari Patel September 3, 2019

School Resource Officers (SROs) at CHS plan for the transition to having a new police office at door 21, according to SRO Shane VanNatter. “At the natatorium entrance, there will be a police officer...

School Resource officer Scott Moore reads over the testimonies and documents of the trial of the shooter at Noblesville West Middle School. Moore said he hopes to learn from the recent shooting and apply that information to the upcoming lockdown drill.

School resource officers schedule another lockdown drill before end of semester

Alanna Wu November 10, 2018

School resource officers (SROs) at CHS are organizing another lockdown drill before the end of the semester. For this particular drill, officers plan to implement more discussion about possible scenarios...

Senior Joseph “Joey” Heerens looks out at CHS. Heerens expressed concerns that the school building is too large in order to properly enforce the current safety measures.

School Resource Officers (SROs) assembles a student committee to discuss student safety

Alanna Wu October 17, 2018

School Resource Officers (SROs) plan to assemble and meet with a committee of CHS students in order to discuss ways to improve school safety. Donald “DJ” Schoeff, head of the committee and SRO, said...

School Resource Officer (SRO) Scott Moore reviews an email sent to all SROs at CHS regarding restricted access to CHS entrances in the morning. Moore said these measures are important because they will improve school safety both during and after school hours.

School Resource Officers work to restrict access to open doors before, after school

Alanna Wu September 4, 2018

School Resource Officers (SROs) are working to implement new safety measures at CHS by restricting the number of doors open both before and after school. Starting Sept. 4, students and staff can only enter...

VanNatter pulls out his phone to take a picture of the bicycle after master patrol officer Mike Pitman finished his bicycle demonstration. VanNatter said all bicycles, including police bicycles, should have a bell to alert cars of the bicycle’s presence and keep bicycle riders safe from car collisions especially on dark-lit streets.

To Serve and Protect: CHS students, staff reflect on police shortage nationwide

Richa Louis May 18, 2018

Within the last year, the law enforcement community has faced a nationwide police shortage. In Indiana, instructors at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy said it’s likely law enforcement departments...

Chief Jim Barlow greets senior Tyler Bickel in front of the Carmel Police Departments Mobile Unit. Barlow said he looks forward to working with both Carmel police and the community as chief.

A Chief Change

Sabrina Mi, News Reporter May 18, 2017

On June 1, assistant chief Jim Barlow will become the next police chief of the Carmel Police Department. Although it will be challenging to fill the shoes of retiring chief Tim Green, Barlow said he is...

One Tragedy, Many Victims. The Peter Liang verdict further exposes  racial bias in the law enforcement system.

One Tragedy, Many Victims. The Peter Liang verdict further exposes racial bias in the law enforcement system.

perspectives March 18, 2016

Picture yourself just getting out of the police academy and instead of getting sent to a city like Carmel, you get sent to a public-housing project in Detroit, Memphis, Tenn. or Oakland, Calif., cities...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Racial inequality is not as prevalent in law enforcement incidents as people may think.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Racial inequality is not as prevalent in law enforcement incidents as people may think.

perspectives October 9, 2015

I am responding to the article you wrote in the HiLite school magazine. I started my police career in 1984 as an Indiana State Trooper assigned to Hamilton County. I left the State Police in 1990 when...

CHS students reevaluate generalizations of police

CHS students reevaluate generalizations of police

Beats January 22, 2015

Like any kid his age, sophomore Zach Miller has spent a fair amount of time in cars. However, the cars Miller has ridden in are a big different from the ones most people remember from their childhood. As...

Fighting Hypocrisy. Blame the individual, not the entire organization.

Fighting Hypocrisy. Blame the individual, not the entire organization.

Contributor January 22, 2015

In light of recent events such as the Michael Brown case in Ferguson which a police officer shot an African-American teenager eight times and the Eric Garner case in New York which a white police officer...

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