IMPD Violence Reduction Teams seize more than 800 guns off Indy streets

INDIANAPOLIS On the southeast side of Indianapolis, IMPD is using new technology to track violent offenders.

The Southeast district's Violence Reduction Team (VRT) and Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) are now equipped with a drone to watch from above.

Sgt. Adam Chappell oversees IMPD's Southeast district VRT.

"We're talking anything from high-level narcotics trafficking to serious violent felons and possession of handguns," said Sgt. Adam Chappell. "Anything that has a nexus to violence, we will consider that a target."

Each IMPD district has its own Violence Reduction Team (VRT) and Violent Crimes Task Force teams. The teams are tasked with getting guns, drugs and serious violent felons off Indianapolis streets.

This year, nearly 1,200 people have been arrested. More than 625 pounds