Indianapolis, IN
Indiana police team up for human trafficking awareness
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana groups are touting efforts to put a stop to human trafficking during Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
Organizations and state troopers were pushing to spread awareness. Indiana State Police says, through Friday, troopers will spread awareness about human trafficking through the help of truckers.
Jessica Evans, founder and executive director of Allies Inc., said, “It’s everyone’s responsibility to raise awareness because it only does harm to survivors when we don’t have an accurate picture of what trafficking actually looks like.”
According to the Indiana Trafficking Victims Assistance Program, at least 61 people in Marion County, were recovered in 2023. The majority were young women who were forced or tricked into doing sex work or forced labor.
“There’s mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and so it really impacts their entire being and so recovery moving forward can be extremely complex,” Evans said.
Allies Inc. and other organizations are combatting trafficking and helping survivors get a second chance at life through mentorship. Evans said, “Think about when you’re a teenage girl regardless of what’s happened to you it’s great to have people who are investing in you and see you for who you are.”
Police say truckers play a vital role in preventing human trafficking.
Indiana State Police says it’s working closely with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and Truckers Against Trafficking to hand out information this week to truckers. Kimberly Hill, a motor carrier inspector at Indiana State Police, said that the information “tells them when to call 911, when to call the human trafficking hotline if they’re able to interact with the individual, questions to ask, along with some red flags to look for like a van or an RV,”
State police say truckers are in a unique position to fight human trafficking, and they should follow several signs. “They are the eyes and ears of America. They’re in places that the rest of us are not. They’re spending the night at truck stops or rest areas. which is very often where human trafficking occurs in those locations,” Hill said.
Darlene Bradley-White, a retired U.S. Department of Homeland Security special agent, said, “A lot of people feel like that’s the movie ‘Taken.’ Trafficking happens right in our schools, it happens in our neighborhoods, it happens in our malls. It happens on social media. so that’s something important that we need to look at wholeheartedly all around as a community,”
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is under a heat advisory with temperatures in the 90s throughout the week.
Many cooling centers will open throughout the state for those that need to find relief from the heat. Hoosiers looking to find cooling centers in their area can contact Indiana 211. To learn more, call 211 or (866) 211-9966.
Avaliable cooling centers can also be found by clicking here.
Marion County
For those living in Indianapolis, Indy Parks has several cooling centers across the city.
Those Cooling Centers are:
- Broad Ripple Park Family Center
- Brookside Park Family Center
- Christian Park Family Center
- Frederick Douglass Park Family Center
- Garfield Park Burrello Family Center
- Krannert Park Family Center
- Grassy Creek Environmental Education Center
- Pride Park Family Center
- Rhodius Park Family Center
- Riverside Park Family Center
- Stanley Strader Park Family Center
- Washington Park Family Center
- Windsor Park Family Center
- Watkins Park Family Center
- Thatcher Park Family Center
For addresses and hours of operations of these cooling centers, click here.
Beech Grove will also have two cooling Centers for residents starting Monday, June 29. Those hours and locations are:
- Beech Grove Senior Center, 602 Main St
- 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday
- Hornet Park Community Center, 5245 Hornet Ave
- 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Friday
Other Central Indiana Cooling Centers
For addresses and hour of operations of cooling centers below, click here.
Marion
- St. Martin Community Center
- Grant County Family YMCA
- Grant County Rescue Mission
Kokomo
- The Kokomo Rescue Mission
- The Excel Center in Kokomo
Peru
- Community Resource Center
- Miami County Courthouse
- Miami County Health Department
- Miami County YMCA
- Peru City Hall
- Peru Public Library
- Peru Schools Administration Building
INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — The National Weather Service out of Indianapolis has issued a Heat Advisory for all of Central Indiana and a High Heat Warning for parts of northern Indiana. The Advisory and Warning will go into effect at 12 PM on Monday and will run through 8 PM Thursday.
WRTV
A Heat Advisory means that temperatures in the 90s with dew points in the 70s, will lead to Heat Index values reaching 106. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
Stay cool:
Drink plenty of fluids, check up on relatives and neighbors, and stay in an air-conditioned room when possible. If outside for extended periods of time, make sure to take frequent breaks in the shade as much as you can.
TODAY
Patchy fog early gives way to a partly sunny, warmer, and much less active day. Highs reach the mid to upper 80s, with a light south breeze around 5 mph. After the unsettled Saturday, this looks like a far more usable day for outdoor plans, with most of central Indiana staying dry from start to finish.
TONIGHT
Mostly clear early, then becoming partly to mostly cloudy toward daybreak. Lows hold in the low 70s, with a light south southeast breeze around 5 mph. Humidity stays elevated overnight, but quiet weather continues and there are no meaningful travel concerns.
TOMORROW
Mostly sunny and hot with highs pushing into the low 90s. A south southwest breeze around 5 to 10 mph keeps the air moving, but the bigger story is the heat and humidity building in. Heat index values around or above 100 are possible during the afternoon, so outdoor plans will need extra water and more breaks.
TOMORROW NIGHT
Mostly clear and warm, with lows around the mid 70s and a light south southwest breeze. There will be very little cooling after sunset, and the muggy feel hangs on through the night. Dry weather remains in place.
TUESDAY
Sunny and even hotter, with highs in the low to mid 90s and a light southwest breeze around 5 mph. This is another day where heat becomes the main impact, and it will not take long to feel it during the afternoon. Outdoor work and summer activities will need to be paced carefully.
TUESDAY NIGHT
Clear and warm again, with lows in the mid 70s and a light southwest wind. The air remains sticky overnight, and there is still no meaningful rain signal for Indianapolis.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and hot, with highs in the low to mid 90s. Wind stays light, becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Heat remains the main concern, and another uncomfortable summer afternoon is expected across central Indiana.
7 DAY FORECAST
After Saturday’s leftover storm chances fade away, the pattern flips quickly toward heat and humidity. Sunday looks quieter and warmer, then Monday through at least Wednesday trend hot with highs in the 90s and heat index values over 100 possible at times. Rain chances stay very low through midweek, with the next better opportunity for showers and storms showing up later Thursday into Friday. Overall, the bigger concern after tonight becomes summer heat rather than repeated storm chances.
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