Event: Fraternal Order of Police

Tonight, I was asked to speak at the local lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. If elected as the Carmel City Court judge, I will be working with the Carmel Police Department on a regular basis so it was an honor to share with them some of my ideas about the position and what I could do to make things better. I remember talking to the Superintendent of the state police when I worked for the Indiana Supreme Court and he told me that it would be great if we could leverage technology to minimize the time officers had to spend in court. The idea being – we would be better off if they were out patrolling the streets.  If elected, I pledge to do what I can to accomplish this goal; and, in fact, I will even work with the Indiana state bar and state court administration to tweak evidentiary rules to accommodate this.