police misconduct

Community Police Review Board Member Cheryl Ashe says she understands board members fearing retaliation for their votes, but she says they shouldn't agree to serve if they aren't willing to accept that risk.

The South Bend Community Police Review Board has taken more than four years to launch.

Opponents said giving police officers two of the five board appointments will reduce accountability in resolving misconduct allegations

A 2023 Indiana law gives cities until the end of this year to adopt a merit system, which allows officers to pick some of the people who decide their discipline.

The training board of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy says the South Bend Police Department never told it that Barber was convicted of sexually abusing a child.

Stuart Krynock, 42 is charged with driving over twice the legal limit when he crashed his motorcycle in Plymouth in May.

The state supreme court heard arguments from a trio of people convicted of violent crimes in Elkhart who are seeking exoneration. The arguments center on whether judge Teresa Cataldo can continue to preside over the cases.

A lawsuit brought by a girl abused by Timothy Barber is now suing the South Bend Police Department

St. Joseph Michigan Sheriff Mark Lillywhite was given a year of probation at a hearing Monday when he pleaded guilty to drunk driving.

Joshua Titus pleaded guilty last month to beating a man handcuffed to a chair during a 2018 arrest. His plea deal states he could receive an 18-month sentence for the federal civil rights violation.