In the letter, the president mourns the deaths of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge and thanks all law enforcement officers for their service. "We appreciate it, and we depend on you," he writes.

The family of a man fatally shot by IMPD officers over the weekend has told police he suffered from a mental illness.

Indianapolis police have fatally shot two armed suspects in less than a week.

Authorities say an armed suspect was wounded in a shootout with an off-duty Marion County Sheriff's deputy in Indianapolis.