Officer Michelle Clegg is a 9-year veteran and Sgt. Evan Meyer is a 14-year veteran). INDIANAPOLIS — Officers were involved in a shooting Wednesday morning while responding to a hostage situation on the north side of Indianapolis.

Indianapolis police officers were involved in a shooting Wednesday on the city’s north side. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department posted on social media just before noon Wednesday that said they were investigating an “officer-involved shooting” in the 7800 block of River Road.

Higher pay, overlapping shifts and fees for security details could help with Indianapolis police shortage, officers' union president Rick Snyder says.

The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is calling for major changes, including bringing in the Indiana State Police, as IMPD faces its lowest staffing levels since it was formed in 2007. The FOP calls it “Operation Firewall.

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