South Bend Police Department

South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski recently took to social media to address a series of violent incidents in the city.

A mother and son who were reported missing in Elkhart County last week were found in South Bend Tuesday evening. According to the South Bend Police, the mother is dead, while the baby is uninjured.

The South Bend Common Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday night outlining a plan to hire a new Community Police Review Board director and appoint the board’s nine members.

The South Bend Common Council has unveiled a process for hiring a new director for the city’s Community Police Review Board — and it will include a lot of public input.

The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office has ruled that a fatal Jan. 31 police shooting in the Village Green Mobile Home Park in Mishawaka was a "justified homicide," so no charges will be filed against the officer.

Mishawaka police officers shot and killed a man Monday in the Village Green Mobile Home Park off Byrkit Avenue. That’s according to the South Bend Police Department, which is investigating the shooting.

UPDATE: Juvenile in custody after Tuesday morning stabbing at John Adams High School

St. Joseph County’s joint Special Victims Unit is no longer shutting down at the end of this year. The city of South Bend announced a new agreement…

The South Bend Community School Corporation Board voted 4 to 3 Monday night to approve a new contract governing the role of police in South Bend…

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…