The 27-second video appears to show one officer strike the boy on the left side of his face. The video shows the boy falling to the ground.

When you call 2-1-1 youre connected with someone trained to help with crisis situations. Community leaders call their new awareness campaign Talk it Out, Dont Shoot it Out.

The program adds resources and staff to focus on NIBIN, a forensics tool that uses crime scene evidence to quickly identify potential suspects.

Officials say the cameras could be implemented as early as the end of the year.

There will also be a resource fair at the Warren Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library.

IMPD is also launching an incentive program that gives sworn merit officers up to $500 when they recruit a qualified candidate.

The Police Merit Board attracted attention last year when it voted against firing two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man.

IMPD Police Chief Bryan Roach says homicide clearance rates rose from 42 percent last year to 65 percent in 2018.

IMPD is focused on reducing gun violence, as the city is on pace to set a new record for criminal homicides this year.

An IMPD leiutenant says previous gun buyback programs did not reduce crime.