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Feb
22
Gary FOP Sounds Warning About Reserve Officers
Filed Under FOP, Gary Indiana, Gary Police | 5 Comments
The Gary FOP has sent letters to Lake and Porter County police departments warning officers to “not assume (Gary Reserve officers) can be trusted,” writes Post-Tribune reporter Lori Caldwell.
The Gary Reserve officers are supervised by the mayor’s office and “are not required to answer to any police officials on a regular basis,” according to the FOP, reports the Post-Tribune.
A strongly worded letter from the Gary Fraternal Order of Police to police agencies in Lake and Porter counties warns officers to use caution around Gary’s reserve officers and “not assume they can be trusted.”
After months of internal struggle between sworn officers and reserves, FOP Lodge 61 chose to make its position public because the city failed to address the issues, FOP President Del Stout said.
“For officer safety reasons, we are asking that you please pass this information on to your officers,” the letter, signed by Stout and Vice-President Dave Saviola, states. …
Two Gary reserves have been indicted in federal court, another was shot to death at a Hammond firing range by a reserve last year. Others have criminal backgrounds and have failed to passed firearms tests.
