Make TEAS provide records and improve response times!

Petition addressed to: County Commissioners Tom Murtaugh, Tracy Brown and David Byers, Mayor Roswarski and Mayor Easter

TEAS, Inc is a public/private joint venture non-profit corporation that exists to run Tippecanoe County's primary emergency ambulance service. Its members are Tippecanoe County, City of Lafayette, City of West Lafayette, Franciscan Lafayette, and IU Health Lafayette.

The standard for Advanced Life Support (ALS) response is to arrive on scene within 8 minutes, 90% of the time. Analysis of dispatch data shows there's not a single town, city, or township in Tippecanoe county where TEAS achieves this standard. See dispatch data here: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/justin.kendall2389/viz/TEAS_Dispatch/Map

During months of investigation, outlined at justinonthewabash.com/teas, it has been found that there are several items outlined in state law and the corporation's bylaws that it must do for the government units that make up its members. Public records requests have confirmed that none of the government units possess any of the following items:

• Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, showing operational decisions that are made.
• Operational reports.
• Financial reports.
• A yearly audit of Franciscan Alliance's "TEAS" business unit, which operates the ambulance service on behalf of the TEAS, Inc corporation.

These items do not exist in their possession because by all accounts, TEAS, Inc is not holding member meetings, which are required by State law.

In July, a formal complaint was filed for this non-compliance with state law to the Indiana Attorney General's office. The complaint is currently under review, and its details can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uln18Gm6UJCRXdv1KLh_-4h4g6WU7ndO&usp=drive_fs

Repeated attempts to work with county and city officials to enforce their legal agreement with TEAS have lead nowhere.