This year, CIPF added a new member to the team: Kadi Crooke, Office Manager. Kadi has a passion for and family connection to law enforcement. She has been an excellent addition to our team and we are happy to have her! Here is a little bit more about Kadi. Tell us a little about yourself: […]
The CIPF Trauma Kit was developed with a lot of research and created to fill a need that was discovered within our police forces. Police are one of the first responders on the scenes of accidents or incidents serving citizens before paramedics can reach the scene. Because of this separation between the time and access, […]
Early last year, we told you about CIPF supporting breathwork training for officers in our area. You can read that blog post here. The instructor, Jesse Coomer, provided us with an update on what has been happening with this important training. “We welcomed in 2 new instructors…and we equipped another class of recruits with practical […]
We gathered on November 9, 2023 in Carmel at the Ritz Charles and we had over 600 people along with over 75 of our local law enforcement attend. The keynote speaker was Rick Snyder, National FOP Chaplain and President of FOP 86, IMPD. He spoke passionately about the need to protect and support our law […]
We invited the community to help us “Sponsor an Officer” as a way to show their thank you to our local law enforcement officers and become a founding member of our endowment. We are happy to report that we have completed our “Sponsor an Officer” campaign and all 5,000 officers that The Central Indiana Police […]
Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) – August 31, 2023 – After 40 years, the building of the new $1.7 million facility for IMPD’s Mounted Horse Patrol is underway. The 20,000 square foot facility will include offices, barn, stables and indoor and outdoor riding arenas on 30 acres on the former Central State campus, just west of downtown. […]
CIPF and Lucas Oil continued to build on their partnership together by assembling 250 more trauma kits at the end of April. These life-saving tools are going to the Indiana State Police with the goal of each State Police officer having one in their vehicles. After this batch of kits, we will have less than […]
Have you ever wondered about the history of our trauma kit program? Now you can learn all about it from this video. When we have the funds to create trauma kits, we host trauma kit assemblies with various community groups. Hundreds of life saving items are sorted out and then one by one put into […]
Last year we shared about the work Jesse Coomer is doing with breathwork and how CIPF feels this is beneficial to first responders and especially our Central Indiana police officers. Coomer hosts these special workshops for first responders on breathwork and how it can be a helpful stress management and coping mechanism for them. This […]
One way CIPF supports our local law enforcement is by providing grants to departments. We recently helped IMPD and the Marion County Sheriff’s office purchase drones for assisting in solving crimes in our community. Drones are one way IMPD has been transitioning their aviation unit from helicopters. Sgt. Ron Shelnutt, commander of IMPD’s aviation unit, […]
