Dan Henke, the Fishers City Judge and former Fishers Town Councilor, will conduct an independent fact-finding investigation into an incident involving a “Defund the Police?” poster in a high school classroom.  According to school officials, the brother of Officer Noah Shahnavaz saw the poster in the class and that resulted in an apology from the school board, assuring the community the school district does not believe in defunding the police and the poster was a student project from the previous year.

Officer Noah Shahnavaz, a Fishers resident, died in the line of duty as part of the Elwood Police Department.

Judge Henke is providing his services at no charge to the school corporation.  Although serving as a part-time Fishers City Judge, Mr. Henke also has a private law practice.

According to HSE Schools, Superintendent Yvonne Stokes suggested the idea of an independent inquiry while she and other HSE administrators met with Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness, Fishers Police Chief Ed Gebhart, Chris Owens of the Fishers Fraternal Order of Police, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter, William Owensby of the Indiana Fraternal Order of Police and Rick Snyder of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police.

Once the fact-finding is complete, Judge Henke will submit a report to Dr. Stokes and the HSE Board of Trustees.