Les McFarland
Republican · IN · Bourbon Town Council Member
Les McFarland is a lieutenant detective with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department and a Bourbon Town Council member. He has more than 35 years of law enforcement experience, including patrol and detective work, and has served on the council for 15 years.
Where Les McFarland stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Arrested two South Bend adults on felony child neglect charges as a Marshall County sheriff's lieutenant detective. The case involved an 8-month-old girl with bruises and a healing broken rib.
September 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Moved to raise pay for Bourbon's part-time police officers from $20 to $30 an hour. The council approved it 3-0.
November 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Moved to pass a town law raising pay for Bourbon's full-time police officers by $5,000. The council passed it 3-0.
October 10, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Was elected president of the Bourbon Town Council by a 3-0 vote. The council also named him to the county emergency management advisory board.
January 9, 2024
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Moved to pass a town law banning all smoking in Bourbon's public parks. The council passed it 3-0.
December 12, 2023
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Seconded and voted for a town law letting the council give a retiring police officer their duty handgun. The law also covers officers hurt on the job. It passed 2-1.
June 13, 2023
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Argued that a new town rule on police-issued handguns should let officers keep their gun when they leave the job in special cases. He then moved to pass it on first reading with changes, and it passed 3-0.
April 11, 2023
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Moved to pass a town law letting Bourbon borrow money through a bond for a planned $5.5 million water plant. The council passed it 3-0.
January 10, 2023
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Spoke against a new $25 town fee for fence permits at a public hearing. He then asked that the fee plan go back to the town plan commission for more review.
October 11, 2022
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Made the motion to rezone a lot at 502 Shaffer Road so a church could build a day care center there. The Bourbon Town Council approved it 2-1.
May 9, 2022
Source: bourbon-in.gov
Past race Les McFarland ran in:
- Marshall County Sheriff · November 3, 2026 · Marshall County, Indiana