Local government Indianapolis




the city-county building houses executive, legislative, , judicial branches of municipal government.


indianapolis has consolidated city-county government, status has held since 1970. under structure, many functions of city , county governments consolidated, though remain separate. city has mayor-council form of government.


the executive branch headed elected mayor, serves chief executive of both city , marion county. joe hogsett, democrat, 49th , current mayor of indianapolis. mayor appoints deputy mayors, department heads, , members of various boards , commissions. city-county council of indianapolis , marion county legislative body , consists of 25 members, of whom represent geographic districts. council has exclusive power adopt budgets, levy taxes, , make appropriations. can enact, repeal, or amend ordinances, , make appointments boards , commissions. city s annual budget $1.1 billion. judicial branch consists of circuit court, superior court 4 divisions , 32 judges, , small claims court. 3 branches, along local government departments, based in city-county building.


public safety

indianapolis emergency medical services largest provider of pre-hospital medical care in city, responding 95,000 emergency dispatch calls annually. agency s coverage area includes 6 townships within city (center, franklin, lawrence, perry, warren, , washington) , town of speedway. of 2017, charles miramonti, md ems chief.


the indianapolis fire department (ifd) provides fire protection services primary emergency response agency 278 square miles (720 km) of marion county. ifd provides automatic , mutual aid excluded municipalities of beech grove, lawrence, , speedway, decatur, pike, , wayne townships have retained own fire departments. fire district comprises 7 geographic battalions 44 fire stations, dual-staffing forty-fifth station city of lawrence fire department. of 2014, 1,205 sworn firefighters responded 100,000 incidents annually. of 2016, ernest malone fire chief.



indianapolis metropolitan police department interceptor in 2008.


indianapolis metropolitan police department (impd) full-service metropolitan police department jurisdiction covers marion county, exception of beech grove, lawrence, southport, speedway, , indianapolis international airport, served indianapolis airport authority police department. in 2016, impd operated 6 precincts 1,640 sworn police personnel , 200 civilian employees. of 2017, bryan roach chief of police.


according fbi s 2015 uniform crime report, indianapolis ranks 16th dangerous city in u.s., 17.1 homicides per 100,000 people, compared u.s. rate of 4.9 homicides per 100,000 people. between 2012 , 2014, murder rate rose 44%. there 138 homicides in 2014, 60% of victims being young black men. 144 criminal homicides, 2015 surpassed 1998 year murder investigations in city. there 447 nonfatal shootings in 2015, representing 24% increase on 361 shootings recorded during same time period in 2014. homicides peaked again in 2016, 149 murders. law enforcement has blamed increased violence on combination of root causes, including poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, , availability of firearms.








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