§ 5-2-6-26 — Definitions

(a) The following definitions apply throughout
this section:
(1) "Department" means the Indianapolis Marion County
metropolitan police department.
(2) "Institute" means the Indiana criminal justice institute.
(3) "Pilot project" means the Marion County violent crime
reduction pilot project established by subsection (b).
(4) "Violent crime rate" means the violent crime rate as:
(A) reported by the most recent edition of the Uniform Crime
Reporting System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
(B) reported by the criminal justice data division of the state
police using the same methodology as the Uniform Crime
Reporting System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if the
report under this clause is more recent than the report under
clause (A).
(5) "Violent crime reduction district" means a defined
geographical area within Marion County consisting of one (1) or
more contiguous census tracts in which the violent crime rate is
at least thirty-five percent (35%) higher than the violent crime
rate in the county as a whole.
(b) The Marion County violent crime reduction pilot project may be
established by the institute. The purpose of the pilot project is to
establish a grant program to provide funding to law enforcement in
Marion County to permit additional law enforcement services within
specified violent crime reduction districts, with the overall goal of
reducing violent crime.
(c) The institute may accept an application for a grant to provide
additional funding to the department or another law enforcement
agency operating within Marion County, to permit additional law
enforcement services within one (1) or more violent crime reduction
districts. The department or another law enforcement agency applying
for a grant under this section must include the following information:
(1) A description of each violent crime reduction district for
which a grant is sought, including the boundaries of each violent
crime reduction district.
(2) Data showing the violent crime rate in each census tract
comprising the violent crime reduction district.
(3) A narrative description of the:
(A) type of criminal activity occurring in each violent crime
reduction district; and
(B) manner in which the grant will be used.
(4) Any other information required by the institute.
(d) If the institute approves a grant application, the institute may
provide a grant from the Marion County violent crime reduction pilot
project fund established by section 27 of this chapter. Grant funding
may be used for overtime, violent crime reduction programs, and other
expenses related to the purposes of the grant and incurred in providing
additional law enforcement services in a violent crime reduction
district, but it may not be used to replace other funding of law
enforcement services.
(e) The total value of all grants awarded under this section may not
exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per state fiscal year.
(f) The institute may seek additional funding sources, including
federal grants, to fund the Marion County violent crime reduction pilot
project fund established by section 27 of this chapter.
(g) The institute shall, before November 1, 2022, and before
November 1 of each year thereafter, provide a report of its activities to
the legislative council. The report to the legislative council must be in
an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(h) This section expires December 31, 2027.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.103-2022, SEC.1.