Dave Askins

The recruitment challenges faced by Bloomington’s police department are well established: Around 20 of the budgeted 105 sworn officer positions have been vacant through this year. The year-end appropriations that are cued up for a first reading at this Wednesday’s meeting  of Bloomington’s city council give

At its Wednesday meeting in a little over a week from now, Bloomington’s city council will likely be asked by outgoing mayor John Hamilton to vote on the sale of the city’s police station. That’s a key takeaway from a Monday noon work session of Bloomington’s

One man is dead and at least one more wounded after a dispute about admission to a party south of the Indiana University Bloomington campus, according to an early Sunday evening news release. According to the news release from Bloomington police department (BPD), officers have arrested Isaiah Joseph Deleson Ramos,

Some wheels that were set in motion by Bloomington’s city council just about a year ago foresaw the sale of the current police station at 3rd and Lincoln streets. But there are some major political and legal wrinkles that will need to be ironed out to make that sale

In a Friday morning news release on the first day of December, Bloomington mayor-elect Kerry Thomson announced most, but not all, of the department heads who will be a part of her administration starting on Jan. 1, 2024. Replacing Larry Allen as deputy mayor will be Gretchen Knapp, who

Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, a rough patch was hit on the road to a new jail for Monroe County. A disagreement emerged between the sheriff and county commissioners over the funding of someone to direct the transition—from the current jail at 7th Street and College Avenue to a