South Bend Police Department

The theft happened Wednesday shortly before noon in the 800 block of 28th Street in South Bend.

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 case stems from a 2011 incident in which a South Bend Police Department staffer says she found recordings of officers saying racist things about Chief Darryl Boykins.

The South Bend Police Department says it appreciates the concern but notes the Facebook post was full of red flags. If the department was missing an officer, you'd hear about it from the department and from local news media, not on a garage sale page.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller issued a statement praising the move, saying the Biden Administration lawsuit was an abuse of federal power because the city has followed state law.

The South Bend Police Department says three-year veteran Officer Emanuel Garcia was already on desk duty pending an internal affairs investigation from September.

The program that gives kids 14 and under Christmas presents has outgrown its storage space at the South Bend Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 36 hall.

Boykins in the 1990s combined his loves of tennis and boxing with his passion for mentoring youth to create the Police Athletic League.

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.