WARSAW — The city of Warsaw will be going paperless, a little at a time, in regards to board packets for the Board of Works an Common Council meeting. Other city boards may follow at a later time. The city will also have its own mobile application. During the Friday, Aug. 7, Board of Public …read more.

AKRON — Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Resource Officer, Dalis Owens, has one philosophy when it comes to interacting with the schools and the community. “I’m a parent myself,” he said. “I operate the way I want the officers in my children’s schools to operate, with an open-door policy.” He especially hopes to build good, working …read more.

By 1ST SGT. CHAD HILL Public Information Office, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department honored one of its own yesterday, Tuesday, June 30, with the retirement of Deputy Sheriff John Hart. Hart began his law enforcement career with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department as a reserve officer in 1977. He was subsequently …read more.

The National Association of School Resource Officers praised Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller this week for his support of funding and training for school-based police officers. “Thanks in large part to the attorney general’s efforts, the state of Indiana last week approved 141 grant applications totaling more than $4 million for schools to create or …read more.

The Milford School resource officer pilot program, which started at the beginning of this school year, came under scrutiny during Milford Town Council’s regular meeting last night after Town Marshal Rich Miotto presented a two-page report detailing the program. Contributing to the report was Milford School Principal Cindy Kaiser and Assistant Principal Ryan Connor. Council …read more.

Milford Town Council officially approved the pilot program to allow a school resource officer to patrol Milford School during the first half of the school year. The Wawasee Community School Corporation approved the program last month. (See related story) Officers on duty at the school do not have to be from the Milford Police Department …read more.

During Monday night’s meeting of the Milford Town Council, Alicia Ley brought a petition before the council designed to show the town just how many citizens desired a full-time school resource officer for Milford School. Milford town attorney Jay Rigdon informed the council that he has been in discussion with Dave Cates, Wawasee School Corporation …read more.

While Milford Town Council continues to discuss financing a full-time school resource officer at Milford School (See story), a group of concerned parents have started a petition to show the council there is support for such a petition. Alicia Ley has been circulating the petition and carries it with her to various events where parents …read more.

Among the changes to Milford in the coming months is the opportunity to become more biker-friendly. On Monday morning, the Warsaw and Winona Lake area were informed that they had received a bicycle-friendly community status. Two years ago there were almost no bike routes in the area, according to Fred Helfrich, KCV Cycling Club spokesman, …read more.

The city of Warsaw is working with Warsaw Community Schools in reviewing security policies and that will likely mean the hiring of additional police officers. “I don’t want to get too detailed yet because there are too many things that still need to be worked out,” said Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer, but as the school …read more.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced his support today for a bill filed by State Sen. Pete Miller (R-Avon) that would encourage school corporations to enter into formal relationships with local police or sheriffs’ departments to put in place school resource officers by providing state grant funding. School resource officers usually are full-time law enforcement …read more.