Officer Carlton Howard testifies before Police Merit Board in fatal shooting of Aaron Bailey

IMPD’s case for the termination of the two officers who fatally shot Aaron Bailey was put to the test Wednesday during a bruising day of testimony led by FOP attorney John Kautzman. Kautzman, a veteran lawyer with more than 30 years of experience and a frequent speaker at the National Fraternal Order of Police Legal Counselors Seminar, spent the morning grilling IMPD Chief Bryan Roach about his decision to recommend the termination of Officers Carlton “C.J.” Howard and Michal Dinnsen, despite a special prosecutor’s decision not to charge them with criminal wrongdoing.