Mayor Bart Peterson recently announced a new, comprehensive and aggressive strategy to combat crime. Included in this initiative is "Weekly city clean-ups and sweeps to tackle problem properties in crime hotspots"

Specifically;

• Targeted code enforcement sweeps and neighborhood clean ups. Several city agencies, including Public Works, Metropolitan Development and Animal Care & Control and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services will perform extensive clean-ups and make infrastructure repairs in targeted high-crime areas. 
• Crews will cut high weeds, pick up trash and debris along streets and alleys, fill potholes and remove illegal signs.  The teams will target at least 20 crime hotspots, as identified by IPD.  To support this effort, the city has hired eight additional mowing contractors to cut high weeds in abandoned lots.
• Cracking down on owners of blighted properties.  The owners of all lots cleaned and mowed by city crews will be cited and have the clean up costs placed on their property tax bill if they fail to pay their initial fines.  The city will then follow through with seeking higher fines through civil prosecution for negligent property owners who refuse to maintain their properties. 

The targeted areas are zip codes 46201, 46203, 46204, 46205, 46222, 46208 and 46225.
With the initial area being 46201 and 46203 as discussed here.

To run a property report for  properties housed in the Safeguard database that are located in the aforementioned zip codes, please click on the following link.

Indianapolis IN Summer Blight Initiative
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Mayor, Sheriff, & IPD join community to outline new, aggressive tactics to fight summer crime