MARION COUNTY, Ind.– More than 163,000 Marion County residents struggle with food insecurity. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department will soon carry emergency food bags to help those facing hunger during crisis calls.
Starting this month, IMPD’s Mobile Crisis Assistance Team (MCAT) will use a two-question screening survey and distribute food bags provided by the American Heart Association. Each bag contains enough healthy food for at least one meal, nutrition education materials, and referrals to local food pantries and assistance programs…