Current LTCH Wait

[Vince49]

For what it's worth and for all the good it will do, I sent this letter to the ISP this morning. Waiting for a response. Something tells me that my application may fall behind a desk and not be found for quite some time.


I applied for a personal protection License To Carry a Handgun on 04/13/2010 through the offices of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. Your office cashed my money order in the amount of $75.00 on 05/04/2010. What possible explanation is there for the excessive amount of time that it is taking to perform a simple background check and issue the license? I am a U.S.Army veteran and former commissioned officer, so I know my history and that numerous background checks have been done previously. This delay is very detrimental to the credibility of your office and speaks volumes to the lack of efficiency existing within the Indiana State Police organization. I have made several telephone calls to the firearms section and have not received any useful or credible information as to the reason for the delay.My application number is:0129172291 Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Vincent J Helmer Jr.

 

[YukYuPhat]

WOOOOHOOO!!! Finally received mine.

Applied Apr. 1st with the Carmel Police Dept.

Received June 24th .........About damn time, now I can finally stop posting in this thread trying to comfort myself. Good luck everyone!

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But I have not been home to check the mail yet.....

 

[Vince49]

WOOOOHOOO!!! Finally received mine.

Applied Apr. 1st with the Carmel Police Dept.

Received June 24th .........About damn time, now I can finally stop posting in this thread trying to comfort myself. Good luck everyone!

Congratulations!! Enjoy!!

 

[downzero]

Got mine today. Applied 6/18. Less than a week.

I thought some of you missed this post so I had to edit it.

 

[lpenni]

LTCH time.

Wife received her LTCH in today's mail. This is her first. 13 weeks to the day she applied at Hendricks County Sheriff.
lpenni

 

[stymie12000]

WOOOOHOOO!!! Finally received mine.

Applied Apr. 1st with the Carmel Police Dept.

Received June 24th .........About damn time, now I can finally stop posting in this thread trying to comfort myself. Good luck everyone!

Congrats...

I applied mid April. Maybe I'll get mine in the next couple of weeks. I did however applied in Marion county. Not sure if it will take more time due to this.

 

[JoshuaW]

the guys and gals that live in counties allowing the L1 service really need a thread of their own....you know where they can listen to and comfort each other as they share the horrible and taunting stories of waiting times of a week and a half or god forbid...two weeks. you guys will form lifelong bonds with the ordeals that you are going thru. be strong and keep the faith...

I think they prefer laughing at the rest of us. Its like dinner and a show for them.

For what it's worth and for all the good it will do, I sent this letter to the ISP this morning. Waiting for a response. Something tells me that my application may fall behind a desk and not be found for quite some time.


I applied for a personal protection License To Carry a Handgun on 04/13/2010 through the offices of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. Your office cashed my money order in the amount of $75.00 on 05/04/2010. What possible explanation is there for the excessive amount of time that it is taking to perform a simple background check and issue the license? I am a U.S.Army veteran and former commissioned officer, so I know my history and that numerous background checks have been done previously. This delay is very detrimental to the credibility of your office and speaks volumes to the lack of efficiency existing within the Indiana State Police organization. I have made several telephone calls to the firearms section and have not received any useful or credible information as to the reason for the delay.My application number is:0129172291 Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Vincent J Helmer Jr.

It will be interesting to see what they have to say to that. I trust you will keep us updated. I liked what someone said earlier about writing our assembly rep. I might do that in a couple weeks once my 60 days has passed (that way I can speak to personal experience, rather than only the experience of those in this thread). Its absurd that they spell out the time frame in the IC, yet wont adhere to it.

 

[Vince49]

I think they prefer laughing at the rest of us. Its like dinner and a show for them.




It will be interesting to see what they have to say to that. I trust you will keep us updated. I liked what someone said earlier about writing our assembly rep. I might do that in a couple weeks once my 60 days has passed (that way I can speak to personal experience, rather than only the experience of those in this thread). Its absurd that they spell out the time frame in the IC, yet wont adhere to it.

Thanks! I will keep you informed. I sent this via e-mail on the ISP website under their heading: Contact us. I do wish in retrospect that I had included a hot link to this thread. If I need to contact them again I will. If anyone is writing to their representative maybe it would give more credibility if a link to this thread accompanied any such correspondence. That way (if they are even interested) they could see for themselves the actual waiting times and attendant frustrations of their constituents.Just a thought.

 

[johenz]

That way (if they are even interested) they could see for themselves the actual waiting times and attendant frustrations of their constituents.Just a thought.

They're bureaucrats. They recognize no constituency.

 

[Vince49]

They're bureaucrats. They recognize no constituency.

LOL I was referring to the State representatives not the folks at The ISP office! But you are no doubt right I don't think the ones we elected give a rat either!

 

[johenz]

So much for my reading comprehenesion. LOL!

I see you proudly display a cavalry guidon. Looks like and armor battalion to me. Were you a DAT (Dumb A-- Tanker)? I was a cav scout.

 

[radonc73]

I used to fix both the M1 and BFVs. Nothing like the tank range with the M1A1s.

 

[Vince49]

For what it's worth and for all the good it will do, I sent this letter to the ISP this morning. Waiting for a response. Something tells me that my application may fall behind a desk and not be found for quite some time.


I applied for a personal protection License To Carry a Handgun on 04/13/2010 through the offices of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. Your office cashed my money order in the amount of $75.00 on 05/04/2010. What possible explanation is there for the excessive amount of time that it is taking to perform a simple background check and issue the license? I am a U.S.Army veteran and former commissioned officer, so I know my history and that numerous background checks have been done previously. This delay is very detrimental to the credibility of your office and speaks volumes to the lack of efficiency existing within the Indiana State Police organization. I have made several telephone calls to the firearms section and have not received any useful or credible information as to the reason for the delay.My application number is:0129172291 Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Vincent J Helmer Jr.

This is the response I just received from the ISP.

Application‏
From: <img id="P___794803020" webimdisplaystyle="inline" style="display: none;"> Michael, Butch (BMichael@isp.IN.gov) Sent: Fri 6/25/10 9:15 AM To: helmervj@hotmail.com
.ExternalClass .ecxEmailQuote {margin-left:1pt;padding-left:4pt;border-left:#800000 2px solid;} [FONT=Calibri, sans-serif] We are showing your application received the same day as your e-mail indicates. [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Applications that are completed properly and have no other problems routinely take from 6 to 8 weeks to process from the time the section receives it; however, the section is currently running at approximately 10 weeks. Be aware that some local agencies take a week or more to process the application before they forward it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Some money orders have a phone number on the stub that will tell you when it was cashed. Add 11 weeks (to allow for postage, etc.) to the date the money order for the state fee (the larger amount) was cashed. If you believe that you have exceeded this timeline, reply directly to this email and provide the date the money order was cashed.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]If your license was valid when you applied for a renewal, you can carry a copy of your application with your expired permit and continue to carry a handgun as long as you remain a proper person under statute.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]If you inquire again, please make sure to include your name as written on the application and your date of birth.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ATTENTION: If you applied online and completed your fingerprints through the L1 service, you must also go to your local law enforcement agency to complete the application process and pay a local fee. If you have not been to a local police agency to do this, your application has not been received by the Indiana State Police. If you used L1 and went to the local and completed at least two weeks ago, please advise this in your next inquiry.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Mark S.(Butch) Michael, Sergeant[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Indiana State Police [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Firearms Section[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]100 N. Senate Ave.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Indianapolis, In. 46204[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Office: 317-232-8269[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Fax: 317-233-9730[/FONT]
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[Oldman]

Thanks for pushing the buttons for those of us who are waiting. IF the time frame is correct, mine should arrive in late August since the MO was cashed June 1.

Good luck.

 

[Ironjaw's-wife]

well I guess mine should be here next wedsday then...lol i'm not holding my breath!

 

[Blackhawk2001]

I applied for a 4-year LTCH on Columbus Day. Got my renewal about the 2nd week in December, IIRC. An acquaintance applied for his first LTCH; it took him about 13 weeks to get his, and that was within the last month.

 

[JoshuaW]

Here is an interesting one. I thought I would check to see if my money order was cashed today. I did a Western Union money order from WalMart, since I was already there. I got on Western Union's website today and saw they had a tracking feature right on the site. They were asking for some 10 digit number on my receipt. Issue is, I dont have a 10 digit number on my receipt. Anyone have experience tracking the Western Union ones?

 

[jnicol6600]

Received my little pink paper today 6-25
Applied in sullivan county, mailed it myself 4-6
I never checked when my money order was cashed.

 

[Lil Tippy]

Got mine

Mailed 3/31/2010. Received my pick beauty on 6/24.

 

[critter592]

12 weeks exactly today since they cashed my check. Nothing. This is horse****.