Law enforcement agencies across Central Indiana are collaborating to get semi-automatic rifles and other illegally possessed firearms off the streets through the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force.
Task Force Efforts
The task force brings together investigators from multiple agencies, including the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and departments in Marion, Hamilton, Boone, and Hendricks counties. IMPD Lt. Jered Hidlebaugh said the group has focused on removing firearms from people who are not legally allowed to have them.
Over the last six months, the task force has seen success in removing illegally possessed firearms from the streets of Indianapolis and surrounding counties. Fishers Police Chief Ed Gebhart emphasized the importance of collaboration between agencies, as criminals do not operate based on city or county lines.
Fishers has an intelligence analyst assigned to the task force to share information about people of interest who may travel between communities. The city has also assigned a detective to work alongside investigators in Indianapolis and added a digital forensics specialist to help analyze evidence.
Original reporting: 93.1 WIBC (Indianapolis) — read the source article.
