Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 2000 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, JULY 28,2000

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The officers also help with requests for assistance and criminal investigations, providing support to the Metro Gang Task Force and IPD’s Dangerous Drugs Unit as well as federal agencies. The CIU unit has made more than 70 arrests, and confis-

cated 30 firearms, $230,000 as well as 1,300 pounds of marijuana. Officers investigate drug activity in hotels which may involve prostitution and criminal conduct. Bus stations are frequently checked for narcotics in storage lockers and on buses.

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During a recent traffic stop, 800 tablets of Ecstasy, a drug, were seized and another vehicle contained 3 pounds of crack cocaine. Narcotics detection dogs are used to sniff cars, bags and other areas for drugs. “We simply are not going to surrender the streets of Indianapolis to drug dealers. We are going to fight and increase our resources until we win this war against drugs,” said Mayor Bart Peterson. As new drugs continue to arise, he added, police officers and residents face an overwhelming, yet attainable task. IPD Police Chief Jerry Barker believes that drugs remain the root of all evil in Indianapolis. The department, he says, has a renewed commitment to address and conquer illegal narcotic activity by imple-

menting innovative techniques such as the CIU. There has been an increase in methamphetamine usage across the nation, and Chief Barker has made steps to stop drug dealers from selling the pills in Indianapolis. “We learned that we weren’t prepared for the crack cocaine problem. I do not want to make the same mistake,” he said, recognizing that methamphetamines stimulate the central nervous system, and can cause paranoia, increased heart rates and violent behavior. “We want drug dealers to get the idea that Indiana is not a safe place for them to come. We’ve got drugs coming from every direction into the city,” said Barker. As drugs continue to invade the city, the CIU unit will expand to four officers and two dogs. If the past three months

• Peterson displays 38 pounds of marijuana seized by IPD’s drug unit Photo/Rod Rosa

are an indication of future progress, officers will continue to recognize drug ac-

tivity and eliminate narcotics’ reach into neighborhoods, homes and lives.

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The multi-station labs will allow for unmediated use by patrons without chair this year, charges or fees and reinforces I-MCPL’s mission as a full service informa-

tion provider.

Made possible by a $33,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Central Library labs will provide personal computer and modem information resources to individuals without such access. Earlier

this year through a foundation grant ($116,000), I-MCPL completed installation of four personal computers and one printer at each of nine inner

city branches.

The Computer Training Lab at Central Library will offer public computer training classes as well as training for I-MCPL staff. When not in use for public or staff training, the lab will be a resource available for patrons. The Internet Lab will be comprised of 19 computers with Internet access. Four of those computers will be equipped with Microsoft Reference Suite 2000and Microsoft Office Premium 2000, which include word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, publishing, and Web page authoring programs. Each computer will be connected to a public laser printer. For further information, call 269-3234. Peterson named to national mayors culture committee The U.S. Conference of Mayors has named Mayor Bart Peterson chairman of its Standing Committee on Aits, Culture and Recreation. The announcement was made by Boise, Idaho,Mayor Brent Coles, president of the national mayors’organization. ' ivy/, 1 Mayor Peterson is the only first-year mayor to be named a committee

Killing condemned by NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) condemned the hateful murder of Arthur “J.R.” Warren, a Black, gay West Virginia resident whose parents along with a coalition of civil rights groups met with U.S. Justice Department officials in Washing-

ton, D.C.

The 26-year-old Warren was killed July 4 by two teen-agers who savagely beat him and then repeatedly drove over his bloody body to make the crime look like a hit-and-run. “Our preliminary inquiry clearly shows that bias served as a motivation for this heinous act and the NAACP wants to make certain that both (he state and the federal authorities are actively engaged in a full-scale investigation in treating this as a hate crime,” said NAACP Washington Bureau Chief Hilary Shelton. The local NAACP branch in West Virginia will continue to monitor the case as well as work with the Warren family. Online real estate auctions AMSauctions.com, the internet auction site of Accelerated Marketing Services Inc., is still conducting Indiana’s first statewide online auction of bank-owned properties through July 30. The auction allows bidders to place and track bids for more than 100 residential properties in Indianapolis, Muncie, Fort Wa^ne and Evansville on the company’s Web site. Opening bids range from .$3,0QQ to $30,000; For more information call (312)943-8858.

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