HomeMy WebLinkAbout11226-25 Amending Chapter 2, Article 1, Sections 2-12.1.15(C) and 2.12.1.17(A) to Add the Duty to Review All Law Enforcement Recordings Relevant to Any Complaint Filed with the Community Police Review Board Respectively ORDINANCE No .
11226-25
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 53-25
ORDINANCE NO. 11226-25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2,ARTICLE 1, SECTIONS 2-12.1.15(C) AND 2-
12.1.17(A) TO ADD THE DUTY TO REVIEW CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT
RECORDINGS RELEVANT TO CERTAIN COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE
COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD TO THE DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY
POLICE REVIEW BOARD RESPECTIVELY
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
On August 11, 2025, this Council passed Bill No. 43-25, as amended, Ordinance No.
11216-25 which amended Section 2-210 of the Municipal Code pertaining to fees and processes
for public records requests. Among the amendments to the ordinance is a provision that all public
records request forms for law enforcement recordings shall contain the statement"upon the filing
of a complaint by a resident with the Community Police review Board, the Board Director and
the Community Police Review Board will review all recordings relevant to that complaint."
These amendments amend Sections 2-12.1.15(c) and 2-12.1.17(a) of the South Bend Municipal
Code to include the duties created by Bill No. 43-25 Ordinance No. 11216-25 among the duties
of the Review Board and the Director of the Review Board respectively.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
Section I. South Bend Municipal Code Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2-12.1.15(c) is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Sec.2 Sec. 2-12.1.15. Review Board duties.
(c) The Review Board shall:
(1) Review the allegations of each complaint;
(2) Review law enforcement recordings relevant to any complaint investigated by the
Community Police Review Office consistent with the provisions of the Indiana
Open Door Law, Ind.Code § 5-14-1.5-1 et seq.;
(3) If necessary, investigate the allegations of each complaint;
(4) Collect, track and report civilian complaints;
(5) Suggest revisions to existing, or the addition of new, policies when necessary;
(6) Facilitate Community Advisory Group meetings and compile resident feedback;
(7) Provide policy suggestions to the Common Council, Mayor, and Board of Public
Safety; and
(8) Recommend to the appropriate authority the additional investigation of
complaints when necessary.
Section II. South Bend Municipal Code Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2-12.1.17(a) is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
Sec. 2-12.1.17. Review Office Director; staff.
(a) The Mayor, with the consultation of the Common Council, shall appoint a full-time
Director of the Review Office. The Director shall be supervised and be subject to review and
evaluation by the Mayor or the Mayor's designee in collaboration with the Review Board and the
Common Council. The duties of the Director shall include:
(1) Managing the Review Office, including its staff;
(2) Enhancing communications and good will between the police and residents;
(3) Review law enforcement recordings relevant to any complaint investigated by the
Community Police Review Office consistent with the provisions of the Indiana Open Door
Law, Ind.Code§ 5-14-1.5-1 et seq.;;
(4) Maintaining records, confidential or otherwise, of all Complaints, proceedings
thereon, and dispositions.
Section III. Severability.
If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section IV. Effective Date.
These amendments to the ordinances shall be in full force and effect January 1, 2026.
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South Bend Common Council
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Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend, to the Mayor of the
City of South Bend, Indiana on the 23rd day of September , 2025, at 12 o'clock
p.m.
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Approved and signed by me on the I day of QdI4 , 2025, at 5— o'clock
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Jam Mueller, Mayor
Cit of South Bend, Indiana