Beard had a significant role on the IndyStar team that worked on the investigative series.
IMPD officials said the changes came after the department spent months reviewing national best practices and consulting with subject matter experts, the IndyStar reported.
Around the same time that the IndyStar published its report, IMPD announced that it would be changing when and how it uses its police dogs. The investigative series, “Mauled: When Police Dogs are Weapons,” came together in partnership with The Marshall Project, AL.com, and the Invisible Institute.Īccording to the IndyStar’s investigation, people in Indianapolis were more likely to be bitten by a police dog than anywhere else among the nation’s 20 largest cities. Beard, a graphics journalist with USA TODAY, was part of a team at the Indianapolis Star that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for the team’s year-long investigation of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s (IMPD) K-9 unit. But it’s the most recent award that literally hit home for the Ball State graduate. Stephen Beard has been fortunate enough to be part of not one, but two Pulitzer-winning efforts. Winning a Pulitzer Prize is truly a special event in a journalist’s life.
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