Along one of the entry walls inside the police station is a collection of model police cars belonging to retired FPD Lt. Dave Dunbar.

Fishers Police Dept. Chief Ed Gebhart addresses the public who gathered for the department’s open house as part of the National Night Out. “This year is very important to us because after last year with all its events we couldn’t meet the community like this. So, this year we wanted to open our doors and let everyone into the police house, their police house,” Gebhart said. (photos by Jonathan Matthes)

National Night Out allowed Fishers residents, like Omar Alhijj,i to see tools – such as this virtual-reality unit – that police use for training. “It allows us to simulate complex environments and still get a fully immersive training at a reasonable dollar amount,” LPD officer Jared Sheets said.

Connor Carney tries his hand in the weight room inside the police station.