Editing Fort Wayne, Indiana (section)

===Public safety===
Municipal and state laws are enforced by the Fort Wayne Police Department, an organization of 460 officers.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Fort Wayne Police Department |publisher=Fort Wayne Police Department |url=http://www.fwpd.org/about.html |access-date=June 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913143803/http://www.fwpd.org/about.html |archive-date=September 13, 2010}}</ref> In 2006, Fort Wayne's crime rate was 5104.1 per 100,000 people, slightly above the national average of 4479.3.<ref name="Crime Statistics">{{cite web |url=http://fortwayne.areaconnect.com/crime1.htm |title=Fort Wayne IN Crime Statistics (2006 Crime Data) |publisher=AreaConnect Fort Wayne |access-date=June 26, 2010}}</ref> There were 18 murders, 404 robberies, and 2,128 burglaries in 2006.<ref name="Crime Statistics"/> Steve Reed was appointed to the position of police chief in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Gong |date=August 1, 2016 |url=http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/reed-sworn-in-as-fort-wayne-police-chief-14433681 |title=Reed sworn in as Fort Wayne police chief |work=The Journal Gazette |access-date=October 14, 2018 |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015080227/http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/reed-sworn-in-as-fort-wayne-police-chief-14433681 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, former police chief Rusty York was appointed to the position of director of public safety. York previously served as police chief from 2000 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ellie |last=Bogue |date=January 2, 2014 |url=http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140102/NEWS/320149826/1005/NEWS09 |title=New Fort Wayne police chief and director of public safey sworn in |work=The News-Sentinel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103080314/http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140102%2FNEWS%2F320149826%2F1005%2FNEWS09 |archive-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref>

The city is currently served by the Allen County Jail in downtown Fort Wayne, controlled by the Allen County Sheriff's department. In January 2020, a class action lawsuit was filed by Vincent Morris, an inmate at the jail, and the [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] of Indiana against the Sheriff of Allen County.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fortwaynesnbc.com/2022/04/01/immediate-changes-ordered-allen-co-jail-federal-judge-rules/ |title=Immediate changes ordered for Allen Co. Jail, Federal judge rules |access-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014042707/https://www.fortwaynesnbc.com/2022/04/01/immediate-changes-ordered-allen-co-jail-federal-judge-rules/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The lawsuit alleges understaffing of the jail, as well as overpopulation, among other complaints resulting in dangerous housing conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://casetext.com/case/morris-v-sheriff-of-allen-cnty |title=Morris v. Sheriff of Allen Cnty., 1:20-CV-34 DRL &#124; Casetext Search + Citator}}</ref> In March 2022, [[Damon R. Leichty|Judge Damon Leichty]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana]] ruled that conditions in the jail were in violation of the [[Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|8th Amendment]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]]. In his injunction, Judge Leichty ruled that there needed to be substantial progress in the construction of a new jail with expanding capacity. Since this injunction there have been 8 proposed sites for the new jail to be constructed, with the most prominent being at the Allen County Sheriffs department training facility land off of Paulding and Adams Center Roads, which the county already owns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 24, 2022 |title=Peters: no possible Allen County jail sites 'off the table' |url=https://www.wane.com/top-stories/peters-no-possible-allen-county-jail-sites-off-the-table/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=WANE 15 |language=en-US}}</ref> However, this location is being heavily contested for being on the Southeast side of Fort Wayne, as another negative for an already disadvantaged area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2022 |title='Not on our watch': Officials reject plan to build new jail in southeast Fort Wayne |url=https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/not-on-our-watch-officials-reject-plan-to-build-new-jail-in-southeast-fort-wayne/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=WANE 15 |language=en-US}}</ref> At its current location, the jail also sits on what is very valuable land given the city's recent riverfront development, right in between some hallmark developments for the revitalization of the downtown area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2022 |title=What's the Allen County Jail worth? |url=https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/whats-the-jail-worth-2-million-5-million-or-98-million-experts-weigh-in/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=WANE 15 |language=en-US}}</ref>

As of 2010, the [[Fort Wayne Fire Department]] included 375 uniformed firefighters and 18 fire stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortwaynefiredepartment.org/images/Miscellaneous/Stacey/Annual_Report_2010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628222933/http://fortwaynefiredepartment.org/images/Miscellaneous/Stacey/Annual_Report_2010.pdf |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |url-status=live |title=Fort Wayne Fire Department Annual Report 2010 |publisher=Fort Wayne Fire Department |access-date=May 15, 2013}}</ref> Eric Lahey was appointed fire chief in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Meyers |date=May 28, 2014 |url=http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140528/NEWS/320137331/1005/NEWS09 |title=Firefighter to follow Biggs as new chief |work=The Journal Gazette |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105652/http://www.fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140528%2FNEWS%2F320137331%2F1005%2FNEWS09 |archive-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref>