A 12% pay increase, a boost in pension benefits and expanded insurance benefits are helping to attract more officers to Gary, Police Chief Brian Evans said.
The petition bans any new leases at the Memphis complex, where the D.A. said police have responded to more than 1,500 calls for service over the past 20 months.
Chester T. Scott, 44, was found unresponsive after the white Buick he was driving jumped a drainage ditch where westbound 35th Avenue ends at Chase Street, according to records.
The driver was found unresponsive after the white Buick he was driving jumped a drainage ditch where westbound 35th Avenue ends at Chase Street, Gary police said.