Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 2000 — Page 3

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FRIDAY, MAY 26,2000

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COTTEY Continued from A1 official car presumably while on duty. In his first televised interview since that report aired, Cottey criticized Channel 13’s broadcasts saying the days and times the station filmed him with hidden cameras, he was off duty. “The days they showed were Wednesdays. On Wednesday mornings I attend class at Martin University. I don’t go back to work that afternoon. So, I was off duty during the times the station showed”, Cottey declared. According to Channel 13, they observed Sheriff Cottey for six weekdays during a three week period and filmed him returning to his office on four of those six days. During the Amos Brown Show interview, Cottey was asked about the apparent double standard of Cottey’sconsuming alcohol on duty or off, while his deputies could not. In his reply. Sheriff Cottey signaled an apparent shift in policy. “If I have an off duty deputy that went out to dinner with his family and they have a glass or two of wine, they are certainly not going to be disciplined for that,” Cottey said. But he added that if they “are on duty and in uniform, yes they will be (disciplined).” The Marion County sheriff was emphatic that the station’s coverage was unfair, saying, “other media agree with me.” Cottey praised coverage of the incident by reporters and columnists at the Indianapolis Star. At the same time he blamed the broadcasts on his political enemies and criticized the two Channel 13 producers (Kathleen Johnston and Gerry Lanosga) say-

ing they’ve been biased against him since they were reporters at the Indianapolis News. Asked if he would grant interviews to Channel 13 in the future, Cottey said, “not in the next two and half years,” the time left in his term. In Monday’s WAV-TV interview, Sheriff Cottey expressed pleasure that so far crime is down this year in his jurisdiction. “Crime is down overall 24 percent,” said Cottey. “The only areas of crime that have increased slightly are aggravated assaults and robberies.” Cottey’s pleased with the success of patrols in “Beat 17,” a far Eastside neighborhood that includes the square mile bounded by 42nd, 38th, Post and Mitthoeffer. In this majority Black neighborhood, sheriff patrols took over from the Indianapolis Police Department two years ago. “We’ve had great cooperation from the neighborhood out there," Cottey said. “Residents wanted to see our deputies, wanted crime down.” Cottey also credited the reduction of crime in Beat 17 to his deputies “getting out of their cars, walking the area, meeting residents.” Considered one of the top leaders in the Marion County Republican Party, Sheriff Cottey said that local Republicans must adapt to a changing county. “There’s the same number of people in Marion County today as 20 years ago,” the sheriff told Channel 53 viewers, “but many persons who used to vote straight Republican have moved to the suburban counties. Those replacing them are more moderate voters who vote Republican or Democrat. Our party must reach out to them.” During the latter days of the

mayoral campaign, Cottey was criticized in the African-American community about mailers that were sent which criticized Bart Peterson saying that if IPD got more police officers, crime would move into the suburbs. Cottey directly addressed the criticism of those campaign mailers. “I know that Blacks are moving from the inner city. Center Township out into Pike, Washington, Lawrence, Warren and Wayne (townships). The numbers of minorities is increasing in our area. I just felt it was unfair for them (Peterson) to say they wanted more police, when we need more deputies in our areas”. However, the rancor of the campaign is gone, as the sheriff went out of his way during the interview to praise Mayor Peterson and his administration. And he approved of new IPD Chief Jerry Barker. “When I was chief of detectives (in IPD), Jerry Barker was one of my men. I told Mayor Peterson that he made a great appointment in Jerry Barker.” Sheriff Cottey was most proud of his first year at Martin University, where he’s studying for a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and political science in the university's Prior Learning Assessment Program. The sheriff earned one “A” and a “B” in the two classes he took at Martin University this school year. What he’s most proud of is how attending Martin University has helped him as a person. “Once a student asked me how it felt to be a minority,” said the sheriff. “You know the students have accepted me there. And it’s great to go to school in the neighborhood (Brightwood) where I grew up.”

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