South Bend Police

South Bend Police Officer Emanuel Garcia has been relieved of duty without pay following a unanimous vote by the South Bend Board of Public Safety on Wednesday.

South Bend has seen a significant decline in violent crime, particularly gun violence and homicides, from 2023 to 2024.

In recent years South Bend police have seen more people modifying handguns so that they fire multiple rounds with a trigger pull.

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

The city of South Bend started forming the office and review board in 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd murder. It has taken four years for the city to hire a director and for the common council to appoint and train nine community members to review police misconduct allegations.

The 2023 Indiana law gives cities until the end of the year to accept or reject a merit system for officer personnel moves

Michiana Crime Stoppers, the nonprofit cash-for-tips program, relies on corporate sponsors and two paper shredding events each year to raise cash for reward payouts.

Detectives are investigating whether it was the South Bend officer or someone else on the scene who shot a man early Sunday

Prosecutors say the victim didn't know Myles, who pulled out a gun and shot him in the head over a quick argument

70-year-old John Neiswender, who was homeless, had threatened to kill the officers with a pocket knife.