Organization
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, control of the department was handed over to the current Mayor, Greg Ballard. This was accomplished through the City-County Council passing Proposal 6 after Mayor Ballard and Sheriff Anderson reached a resolution for the transfer of power. As part of the resolution, the IMPD was established as the police agency under the Department of Public Safety. The Mayor appoints a Director of Public Safety, who in turn appoints a Chief of Police to administer the daily operations of the department. There are six service districts and they are:
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Famous quotes containing the word organization:
“The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.”
—Joan Baez (b. 1941)
“Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“When a man’s partner’s killed, he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of him, he was your partner and you’re supposed to do something about it. As it happens, we’re in the detective business; well, when one of your organization gets killed, it’s, it’s bad business to let the killer get away with it. Bad all around. Bad for every detective everywhere.”
—John Huston (1906–1987)