The Board of Public Safety Chair Rachel Tomas Morgan made the case for South Bend police establishing its own merit system. “Flexibility, it appears. I mean, this is what I’m getting from the ...

S OUTH BEND — Members of South Bend Police and South Bend Fire will vote in two members for the new police and fire merit boards on Feb. 6 and 7. Applications for those positions are now open.

SOUTH BEND — The Common Council Monday night opted to set up its own five-member police merit board to comply with a state law that calls for at least one-third of the board to be made up of ...

Police would do that through their unions, and that's unlikely in South Bend, FOP No. 36 President Josh Morgan said, because “there are too many people (members) that want a merit board.” ...

A new Indiana law means the City of South Bend will soon have a new merit board for its police and fire departments.A merit board helps with the hiring of new o ...

The Board of Public Safety Chair Rachel Tomas Morgan made the case for South Bend police establishing its own merit system. “Flexibility, it appears. I mean, this is what I’m getting from the ...