The state’s top law enforcement agency announced last week a $15 million body camera system to assist Indiana state troopers with their jobs.

Indiana senators advanced measures Tuesday that would allow police to determine what use of force is reasonable in some cases and would allow the state's attorney general to appoint special prosecutors to handle criminal cases local authorities decide not to pursue.

The forum was organized by several community organizations, including the Indiana Drug Enforcement Association and the Indianapolis Recorder.

Current and retired members of law enforcement will cycle nearly 1,000 miles across the state to honor fallen officers.

Prosecutors and law enforcement agencies say civil forfeiture empowers them to take the fruits of crime and use some of the proceeds to further other investigations. But critics say that creates conflicts of interest - and may even violate the state constitution.

Sessions touted Project Safe Neighborhoods, an effort to target the highest crime areas in the country, which includes a recent focus in Indianapolis and Evansville.

The bipartisan legislation, authored by Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young, cleared the U.S. Senate with a unanimous vote.

Legislation introduced by Joe Donnelly and Todd Young would include resources to train mental health providers on the specific challenges officers face.

Republican state Rep. Wendy McNamara of Evansville says she "couldn't sit on the sidelines while our law enforcement officers were being threatened."

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.