Culver and Plymouth Police Departments Participated in Increased Impaired and Dangerous Driving Patrols in March

In March of 2017, the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day had the highest number of crashes involving impaired drivers. This year, federal traffic safety funds administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute supported saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints for more than 230 law-enforcement agencies across the state.

The Plymouth and Culver Police Departments were involved in the increased patrols and check-points that ran during St. Patrick’s Day, the first rounds of the NCAA Tournament and the days that many schools were recognizing spring break. Continue reading

Culver Town Council Discusses Police Vacation Pay

Culver Police Chief Wayne Bean discussed pay for the officers within the Culver Police Department with the Culver Town Council members this week.

He explained that with a shortage of part-time officers, there are a lot of full-time officers who will not get to use their vacation, personal or holiday time because they will need to fill shifts through the end of the fiscal year.

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