Independent public-interest reporting · Southern Indiana
We obtain government records, build the timeline, test the official explanation, and show the public exactly what the evidence supports—and what it does not.
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These are active areas of public-interest review. A question is not a conclusion. We publish confirmed facts, identify the source, and label what remains unresolved.
Death in custody · Jefferson County
Reconstructing the final hours of March 14–15, 2024 from booking, dispatch, jail, medical, coroner, and Indiana State Police records—and documenting what the agencies still have not produced.
Death in custody · Jefferson County
Comparing the official account of the May 19, 2026 death with booking, jail, coroner, toxicology, policy, and investigative records as they become available.
Public money · Treatment systems
Following the money, meeting records, program recommendations, and treatment-capacity claims to test whether public spending matches the services the community was promised.
Government transparency · Indiana
Tracking delays, referrals, partial productions, denials, and Public Access Counselor complaints. The response to a request is part of the accountability record too.
The week’s material developments, the record behind them, and the questions moving to the next board.
Get briefing updates →The receipts
The public repository is the evidence layer beneath SWAT reporting. Records remain grouped by the agency that produced them, with short indexes explaining what is present, what has been redacted, and what remains outstanding.
Open the live repositoryRecords are added as review and public-release preparation are completed.
How the work moves
“Records before conclusions; truth before narrative; evidence before opinion.”
Ask narrowly for the records that can answer a specific public-interest question.
Keep the original production, correspondence, dates, and source agency intact.
Separate confirmed fact, official claim, inference, allegation, and open question.
Make the evidence understandable and give the public a path to inspect it directly.
Fund independent accountability
Support pays for production fees, certified mail, document processing, data tools, complaint preparation, and the unglamorous persistence required when “we’ll get back to you” becomes an operating philosophy.
The operating structure
Silent Watch Accountability Team controls investigations, sources, evidence, records strategy, editorial judgment, corrections, and publication.
Fortis Collective LLC is the legal and commercial operator. Fortis adapts the evidence-management methods behind SWAT into traceable workflow systems, implementation services, and training for other teams.
Ask about Fortis implementation services →Help build the record
Send the agency name, relevant dates, what you personally know, what came from someone else, and any document that may verify it. Clear sourcing helps us move faster.
Submitting information does not guarantee publication. Sensitive claims are reviewed before use. Do not send anything you obtained unlawfully.