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Indiana State Health Commissioner meets with LaGrange Department of Health

LAGRANGE — Indiana Health Commissioner Dr. Lindsay Weaver and her staff met with the LaGrange County Department of Health Wednesday to discuss new legislation that could seriously alter the health

LaGrange Fire Department offered millions in federal funding

In Georgia agency, police train to shoot, not kill | The China Post, Taiwan

“Sir, drop the sword, drop the sword,” one officer yelled. “Drop it, drop it,” another hollered. Does the officer shoot or not? If an officer must shoot, is there a way to lessen the chance of death? These questions hung over the training that played out days ago at LaGrange Police Department’s gun range. But some version of these scenarios unfolds for real across America daily as police engage with individuals who are sometimes armed and erratic, posing a threat to officers or the public. The training is part of a new program launched by the West Georgia agency meant to address some of these questions. The program, called “Shoot to Incapacitate,” is challenging decades of police orthodoxy around use of deadly force. Instead of teaching officers to always aim for available center mass of the body — usually the chest, upper torso and head — the training is giving them another option if they must fire their weapons in the line of duty.

In Georgia agency, police train to shoot, not kill

In Georgia agency, police train to shoot, not kill BRAD SCHRADE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5LaGrange Police Chief Lou Dekmar discusses a new tool in the use of force spectrum using a technique to shoot, not kill targeting areas of the body other than the chest leading to a greater chance the person will survive at the LaGrange Police shooting range on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in LaGrange, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Curtis Compton/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5LaGrange police officer Michael Shaw, right, and detectives Darrell Prichard, center, and Brian Brown run through a training session practicing a new technique to shoot, not kill targeting areas of the body other than the chest leading to a greater chance the person will survive, at the LaGrange Police shooting range, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in LaGrange, Ga. The training is part of a new program launched by the West Georgia agency. (Curtis Compton

LaGrange hires a new fire chief

LAGRANGE — The LaGrange Town Board has hired a new fire chief. The board voted Monday night to name Jeremy Edwards, a long-time member of the LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department, the department’s new chief. Edwards replaces Dave Elick who resigned last month as fire chief after his employer made changes to Elick’s job. Elick said those changes made it impossible for him to continue as chief. Edwards was one of four people to apply for the position. LaGrange Town Board President Ray Hoover said the board had good interviews with all four candidates. Edwards will fill out the remaining 19 months left on Elick’s contract. At that point, the town will review his performance in the position.