Indianapolis Database Updates

I noticed that there have been some changes made recently to the Indianapolis DPS page in the database, adding text that says the Lawrence PSAP will be merged with Indianapolis's in the near future to comply with the PSAP consolidation law. I would be very interested to know the source of this information, as I find it dubious for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is indisputably false to say that any consolidation is necessary to comply with the law, because Marion County is exempt from the PSAP consolidation law. To wit:

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IC 36-8-16.7-47 Sec. 47. (a) For purposes of this section, a PSAP includes a public safety communications system operated and maintained under IC 36-8-15. (b) As used in this section, "PSAP operator" means: (1) a political subdivision; or (2) an agency; that operates a PSAP. The term does not include any entity described in subsection (c)(1) through (c)(3). (c) Subject to subsection (d), after December 31, 2014, a county may not contain more than two (2) PSAPs. However, a county may contain one (1) or more PSAPs in addition to the number of PSAPs authorized by this section, as long as any additional PSAPs are operated: (1) by a state educational institution; (2) by an airport authority established for a county having a consolidated city; or (3) in a county having a consolidated city, by an excluded city (as defined in IC 36-3-1-7).

Secondly, I haven't heard anybody breathe a word about any plans for a consolidation, and I believe I would have if there were any. Lawrence has little incentive to give up its PSAP voluntarily. Given that the current government of Beech Grove sorely regrets the previous administration's decision to do so, it is my guess that neither Lawrence nor Speedway is likely to follow suit anytime soon.



I respectfully suggest that the author of these database changes should site a source.

Indianapolis Database Updates