After listening to speeches by both candidates, the Carmel Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 185 has voted to endorse Adam Aasen for Carmel City Council. Aasen is a first-time candidate running in the Republican primary to represent southeast Carmel on the City Council.
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Aasen was also recently endorsed by the Carmel Professional Firefighters Union Local 4444.
Aasen said he’s honored by both endorsements. He said ensuring public safety is key to keeping Carmel a desirable place to live. Recently, Safewise.com named Carmel the second safest place to live in Indiana.
Aasen’s first job out of college was actually as a public safety reporter for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla.
“Nearly every night I went out to homicide callouts, traffic accidents, house fires, shootings and more,” he said. “Very early on, I gained an appreciation for the role that first responders play in making our community great.”
Aasen has become familiar with local Carmel police through his time as a reporter for Current in Carmel. He praised the Carmel Police Department’s efforts to proactively tackle the opioid epidemic and reach out to Carmel youth.
“We have a police department in Carmel that is proactive instead of reactive and their response time is phenomenal,” he said.