I(MPD) SWEAR
Anyone hoping to walk after being arrested by a member of the Indianapolis Police Department because the officers were not officially sworn in can forget about it. The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld the drunk driving arrest of Chery Oddi-Smith, who challenged the arrest saying the officer had not been sworn in as a new member of the department following the merger last year.
In its six-page opinion the Court said there was no requirement in law or statute that the officers be re-sworn following the merger of the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, therefore the arrest was upheld.
The opinion was written by Chief Justice Randall Shepard.
