HELLO NEWMAN
Indianapolis Mayor-elect Greg Ballard has named former Marion County Prosecutor Scott Newman to be Director of Public Safety. Newman served as County Prosecutor from 1995-2003 and currently is President of Strand Labs which specializes in forensic testing.
Newman says his priorities are to put the Metropolitan Police Department back under the control of the Mayor, improve police morale and increase accountability.
During the afternoon news conference, Newman said he did not oppose the police merger of IPD and the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, but thought it could have been implemented better.
