Issue Position: Neighborhood Crime
Issue Position
Get more police on our streets and be strategic
Organize and lobby for federal, state and city funding to invest in more police and the latest training and technologies proven to combat the types of crimes in our district
Pinpoint days and times when neighborhoods require extra police patrolling to deter criminals by analyzing when/where crimes repeatedly occur (cost-efficiency is a spinoff)
Recognize that solving the abandoned housing and foreclosure crisis will measurably lower neighborhood crime rates
Accomplishment: Deterring Metal Theft
I introduced a new law to deter the theft of catalytic converters and copper HVAC coils by limiting who can sell these metals to scrapyards.
Accomplishment: Regulating Cash-for-Gold Stores
Precious metal dealers are now required to hold items for 10 days before recasting or selling them and dealers must log identification information of the seller and photograph the items.
Accomplishment: Protecting Children
We finally closed an age-limit loophole in the state's human trafficking law by adding 16- and 17-year-olds to the list of those who can be victims of illegal child trafficking.
Accomplishment: Tracking Controlled Substances
To crack down on prescription drug fraud, I co-authored a new law that bolsters funding for the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program to track prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances.
Toughen penalties/sentencing and make criminal justice work
Enforce strict punishments and jail sentences for drug dealers, criminals who use a gun and repeat offenders to keep the worst criminals off our streets
Apply my insights as a former criminal detention officer to help craft laws giving prosecutors and police better tools to lockup chronic criminals and redeem those who want to change
Accomplishment: Tougher Penalties for Crimes Committed with Guns
This measure allows for a sentence enhancement of between five and 20 years for violent offenders who use a firearm while committing a crime. It also makes it a felony to steal a firearm or to knowingly buy or provide a firearm to a felon (known as strawperson purchasing).
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