One of the boxes installed Downtown for people to donate to the homeless has been vandalized.
The broken box was reported to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department around 10:16 p.m. Wednesday, according to a printed police report. The box is on the south side of Monument Circle.
Police found pry marks on the box and discovered that the lock mechanism had been broken when the box was forced open. No money was found in the box.
In May of last year, several of the boxes were installed on Downtown corners in the first of a series of moves intended to discourage panhandling. The boxes were described as "tamper-proof" at the time.
many people had questions about whether the money donated at these boxes would ever reach actual homeless people, but i always just assumed the money would be mishandled by the city. looks like i overestimated the administration. ¶
