Chief Scott Ruszkowski

Girl yells, 'You can't touch me, fool!' while officer Sam Chaput replies, 'Yes, I sure can.'

South Bend Common Council member Oliver Davis says the juvenile's family and activists like Black Lives Matter South Bend are even angrier after hearing Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski's defensive tone and words at a press conference Wednesday.

South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski says Internal Affairs must still conclude its investigation, but he and the department's Use of Force Committee finds nothing wrong with the level of force that Patrolman Samuel Chaput used while detaining a 14-year-old female juvenile Friday outside the downtown McDonald's.

The South Bend Board of Public Safety will swear in six new probationary police officers during a special ceremony this Wednesday.

Prosecutors earlier in the day cleared South Bend officers Joseph Carey and Randy McMurray of criminal charges

T'yon Horston, 11, was killed Thursday evening in a shooting on the west side of South Bend. On Friday, city leaders held a press conference calling for an end to gun violence.

According to the department's quarterly public safety update, there have been 735 gun violence incidents so far, around a 19 percent decrease from how things stood at this time in 2021.

South Bend leaders held a meeting Tuesday night to gather community feedback on the school district’s new agreement with the police department to place…

South Bend officials and community leaders held a press conference Wednesday calling for an end to gun violence after three people were shot and killed in…