GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Greenwood Police Department (GPD), in July 2023, conducted an internal investigation resulting from the alleged improper use of mobile data computers by five of its officers.
The inquiry revealed that the five officers, on multiple occasions, used their department-issued laptop computers to send messages containing racial slurs, sexually explicit language, and pejorative comments about constitutionally protected classes of individuals.
As a result of these findings, four of the officers resigned and one was terminated.
In October 2023 GPD hired Dolan Consulting Group to conduct an independent, comprehensive study of the agency’s traffic stops to determine if evidence existed that any race/ethnicity groups were treated in a disproportionally biased manner.
To be transparent with those that the police department serves, the results of this study have been posted on the GPD website, www.greenwood.in.gov/police.
