Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 279-202 Law enforcement study commission.
Sec. 279-202. - Law enforcement study commission.
(a) There is hereby created a bipartisan law enforcement study commission. The commission shall be composed of six (6) members of the city-county council, including the chairperson of its public safety and criminal justice committee. The members shall be appointed by the council president, and serve at his pleasure. Three (3) members shall be members of the majority party and three (3) members shall be members of the largest minority party. The commission has the authority to retain, solicit testimony, or create a subcommittee of experts to study issues and report back to the commission.
(b) The commission shall review current city-county law enforcement policies and procedures in with respect to the following:
(1) Policies concerning use of take-home law enforcement vehicles;
(2) Need for funding of an independent investigative unit under the jurisdiction of the Marion County Prosecutor's Office;
(3) Review of departmental policies of law enforcement officers involved in critical, traumatic, or incidents involving a death as a result of a law enforcement action;
(4) Educational requirements for hiring promotion and appointments of police officers;
(5) Review official findings of the department of public safety regarding matters related to the incident involving Officer David Bisard's collision with motorcyclists;
(6) Review what role, if any, the city-county council should have in reviewing the Police Academy training outside of the mandated curriculum of the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board; and
(7) Review policies on drug and alcohol testing.
(G.O. 42, 2010, § 7)