Indiana § 5-2-6-26 - Definitions

§ 5-2-6-26. Definitions

Sec. 26. (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.

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