Endorsed by the Indiana State Police Alliance

The Indiana State Police Alliance has endorsed my campaign for reelection in House District 88.

I have had a lot of good days in this job. This one is different.

My dad was an Indiana State Police patrolman. That uniform was never a symbol or a talking point in our house. It was my father going to work. When you grow up that way, public safety is not a category on a campaign website. It is the job your family organizes itself around.

So when the troopers who wear that same uniform today say they want me back at the Statehouse, it reaches somewhere no other endorsement does.

I also have three kids. Every public safety vote I take, I take as their dad first. I want them to grow up in a state where a violent offender is treated like one, where an officer who is shot at gets a justice system that answers seriously, and where a judge is allowed to keep a genuinely dangerous person in custody until trial.

Those are not slogans. Each one is a law I put my name on, and each one is below with the vote counts attached, because an endorsement should be checkable.

The Alliance did not endorse a speech. They endorsed a record. I intend to keep earning it.

Rep. Chris Jeter (R-Fishers) represents Indiana House District 88, which includes portions of Hancock, Hamilton, Madison and Marion counties. He chairs the House Judiciary Committee and co-chairs the Bail and Release Review Commission.

The record behind this endorsement

Three measures, spanning three different General Assemblies. Every date, vote count and public law number below comes from the Indiana General Assembly’s own records, and Rep. Jeter’s individual votes come from the recorded roll calls.

House Enrolled Act 1258 (2026): tightening what counts as a crime of violence

The law revises and consolidates the definition of a “crime of violence” in the Indiana Code, and it amends the definition of a violent offender. Those definitions are load bearing. They feed sentencing, they feed how repeat offenders are treated, and they feed which protections apply to victims. Cleaning them up is unglamorous work that changes real outcomes, and not a single member voted against it.

Senate Enrolled Act 19 (2022): shooting at a police officer

Indiana law adds a sentence enhancement when someone points or discharges a firearm at a police officer while committing certain crimes. This law widened the definition of “police officer” for that enhancement to include an investigator for the inspector general, so the same protection follows the same conduct. Like House Bill 1258, it cleared the House without a single no vote.

Senate Joint Resolution 1: the bail amendment on your November ballot

Today the Indiana Constitution makes only murder and treason non-bailable when the proof is evident or the presumption strong. The amendment would let a court also deny bail in other cases when the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that no conditions of release would reasonably protect the safety of another person or the community. In plain terms, it lets a judge hold someone the court finds genuinely dangerous. Rep. Jeter co-chairs the Bail and Release Review Commission and sponsored this amendment in the House through both General Assemblies required to put it in front of voters.

Common questions about this endorsement

What is the Indiana State Police Alliance?

The Indiana State Police Alliance, or ISPA, is a statewide organization founded in 1974 that represents Indiana State Police troopers. It advocates at the Statehouse on trooper pay and retirement, officer safety and criminal justice legislation, and it endorses candidates for state and federal office.

Did the Indiana State Police endorse Chris Jeter?

No. The Indiana State Police is a state agency and does not endorse candidates for office. The endorsement came from the Indiana State Police Alliance, the independent membership organization that represents troopers. The two are separate, and the distinction matters.

What public safety laws has Rep. Jeter authored?

In 2026 he authored House Bill 1258, now Public Law 85-2026, revising Indiana’s definitions of a crime of violence and a violent offender. In 2025 he authored House Bill 1006, now Public Law 147-2025, which created the state prosecutor review board. In 2022 he was the House sponsor of Senate Bill 19, now Public Law 4-2022, strengthening the sentence enhancement for pointing or discharging a firearm at a police officer.

What is Public Question 1 on Indiana’s November 2026 ballot?

It is the proposed amendment to Article 1, Section 17 of the Indiana Constitution concerning bail. It passed the General Assembly in 2023 and again in 2026, which satisfies Indiana’s requirement that an amendment clear two separately elected legislatures. Hoosier voters decide it in November 2026.

What would the bail amendment actually change?

Right now only murder and treason are non-bailable when the proof is evident or the presumption strong. The amendment adds a second path: a court could deny bail in other cases if the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions would reasonably protect the safety of another person or the community. It does not eliminate bail. It gives judges an option they do not currently have for defendants a court finds dangerous.

Who represents Indiana House District 88?

Rep. Chris Jeter, a Republican from Fishers. The district includes portions of Hancock, Hamilton, Madison and Marion counties. He chairs the House Judiciary Committee, co-chairs the Bail and Release Review Commission, and is a practicing attorney and Navy JAG veteran of the Iraq War.

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