Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett says he won’t release documents to show that his administration sought an investigation in 2017 of Thomas Cook, his former deputy mayor. “To release all those documents to the public would undermine the very nature of providing a safe and confidential atmosphere for employees to come forward,” the mayor said at a press conference Thursday afternoon, where he fielded questions from reporters about how his administration handled allegations of sexual harassment involving Cook. “To release a report would be counterproductive to what is bringing us here today,” Hogsett said after signing a proposal passed earlier this week by the Indianapolis City-County Council. It calls for an independent investigation into the city’s policies regarding sexual harassment and how the Hogsett administration dealt with harassment complaints brought to the city’s attention. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/hogsett-no-intention-of-stepping-down/531-6f9ad3b2-4e20-448b-96ad-a2bdfbb462a8