Indiana

DISSENTION IN THE RANKS?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

There are some rumblings amongst the rank and file of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department over who will be Chief once IMPD is turned over to Mayor Greg Ballard at the end of the month.

I’m told many of the officers hope current Chief Mike Spears and many of the top brass will be replaced after the transition and that Ballard and Public Safety Director Scott Newman will appoint a new leadership team.

My sources say the cops supported Ballard because he promised change in the way the police department would be run and to keep Spears and his staff in place would run counter to those promises.

Officers worry that some in the administration believe Spears never got the opportunity to lead the department while under Frank Anderson so he deserves a chance to prove himself.  They says Spears’ leadership was part of the problem under the old system and they want him to go.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).