Settlement made for former State Trooper who wrongfully served 13 years in prison
David Camm, the former Indiana State Police trooper who was convicted in 2005 for the deaths of his 35-year-old wife Kim Camm, his 7-year-old son Brad, and his 5-year-old daughter Jill, has been awarded more than $5 million since being acquitted of those charges in 2013. Camm, who spent 13 years in prison for crimes he has been exonerated of, settled for $4.6 million in his Federal wrongful arrest lawsuit, and another $450,000 from Floyd County in a private settlement from Floyd County.
Charles Boney has been arrested and sentenced for murdering Camm’s family. Boney is now serving a 225-year prison term.
Bloomington Chosen as One of Thirteen International Cities for New Bloomberg Innovation Training
The City of Bloomington has been selected as one of 13 international cities participating in the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation (CPI) at Johns Hopkins University’s 2022 Innovation Training program, which will provide consulting, training, and networking to address a key issue facing its residents. The training, delivered in partnership with the Centre for Public Impact, is entering its fourth year of programming and has helped bring to life problem-solving innovations like an on-demand bus system in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a Renter’s Bill of Rights in Albany, NY.
The no-cost, year-long program will aid a cross-functional team representing eight city departments and a representative from Bloomington Transit to address one priority issue: How might we create and maintain our sidewalk infrastructure in a sustainable and equitable way? The innovation team, led by Innovation Director Devta Kidd, will be provided with a state-of-the-art curriculum, coaching, and access to an international network of cities with successful innovation programs.
To follow the program, bookmark the project page at bloomington.in.gov/innovate/2022-sidewalks.
For success stories of innovation at the City of Bloomington visit: bloomington.in.gov/success/.
Bloomington dispatcher promoted to supervisor
Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter recently announced the promotion of Region III Dispatcher Tracy L. Young to Dispatch Supervisor to serve at the Bloomington Regional Dispatch Center. She was chosen after a competitive promotion process that included a structured interview and review of her overall work performance.
Tracy’s primary responsibilities will be to supervise Regional Dispatch Center personnel on assigned shifts which include evaluating performance, training and scheduling subordinate personnel. She will also ensure shift dispatchers maintain constant contact with Troopers in the field and keep the post commander aware of all activity. Supervisor Young will also assist the Regional Dispatch Center Manager in daily operations and manage 911 and other emergency calls processed by dispatchers. The Region III Dispatch Center in Bloomington currently serves the Jasper, Evansville, and Bloomington Districts.
A native of Vincennes and current Bloomington resident, Young graduated from Vincennes Lincoln High School and has two degrees from Harrison College (Business Management and Medical Reimbursement). She was hired by the Indiana State Police as a dispatcher in 2015 and has served the Region III area since. Prior to starting with ISP, Tracy worked as a Dispatcher for the Washington, IN Police Department and the Vincennes University Police Department. She also worked as a Tech Dispatcher for Comcast (Xfinity) and as a Certification Coordinator with IU Health Bloomington Hospital.
Fishers to Build Arts & Municipal Complex
Excerpt from an article by Alex Brown, Inside Indiana Business
The city of Fishers has unveiled plans for its new, nearly $23 million Arts & Municipal Complex. The three-story facility will feature dedicated exhibit, performance and gathering spaces, as well as city administration offices and conference rooms. The city is partnering with the Indianapolis Art Center, which will program and operate the facility.
In an interview with Inside INdiana Business, Mayor Scott Fadness said the decision to incorporate arts into the new city building was an easy one.
“We did a community survey about a year and a half ago of residents, trying to identify what other quality of life or amenities they would want to see in our city and arts, public art, the opportunity for art programming ranked very, very high on that survey,” he said. “The need for art infrastructure has been top of mind and just with the opportunity to redevelop city hall and it being right in the heart of our city, we felt like this was a great opportunity to implement some of those components of art.”
“This is an exciting time for the arts community in Fishers,” said David Decker, president of the Fishers Arts & Culture Commission. “Having a physical home in Fishers was a long-term goal for many of us in the arts community and I can’t think of a better location than this. We look forward to collaborating with Indianapolis Arts Center to continue to grow and drive arts in Fishers.”
Fadness says boosting the city’s arts and culture programming will bring many benefits.
“That energy attracts companies, attracts creative class people that you want in your community that’ll drive the next generation of companies,” he said. “I think it’s all part of an overall vision to create a place that really is a destination for the best and brightest, and when they come here, we know their companies will follow.”
This Week in Hoosier History
1949 – Multi sport athlete George Crowe, a Franklin native and the first winner of Indiana’s Mr. Basketball, became the first African American from Indiana to sign with a major league baseball team, the Boston Braves. This was two years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color line. Crowe would spend most of the next two years in the Braves farm system before making his major league debut on April 16, 1952.
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