The Fishers Police Department welcomed 8 new officers to the force at Monday night’s City Council meeting.  Chief Ed Gebhart led the ceremony before the council, mayor and family members of the new officers.

Here is a list of the new recruits (shown in the photo above, Right to Left)

Matthew Madden

Brandon Taylor

Kyle Johns

Tea’wanda Wrespress

Christopher Snodgrass

David Tatter

Christain Poole

Jasmeet Singh

Police Department spokesman Tom Weger says 5 of the 8 taking the oath have experience in other police departments.

In one other item from Monday night’s council session, Monica Heltz, Public Health Director for the City of Fishers, cited many sobering COVID statistics.  According to Heltz, the Indiana State Department of Health says if you are COVID unvaccinated, your chances of ending up in the hospital due to COVID are 1 in 237.  If you are vaccinated, the odds of you being hospitalized with COVID are 1 in 18,000.