FBI agency record
South Bend Police Department
St Joseph County, Indiana
Serves ~101,868 residents · LEMAS survey
The South Bend Police Department is a local law enforcement agency in the City of South Bend, Indiana. The department states on its website that it "works to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve."
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Crime & staffing trends
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NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Open data
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Police Calls for Service Hot Spots0n2NelSAfR7gTkr1
Administrative Investigations: 2019 - Present (Excel Download)SouthBend
Community Complaints of SBPD Staff: 2019 - Present (Excel Download)SouthBend
Criminally Assaulted Shooting Victims, Fatal/Non-Fatal: 2021 - April 2025 (Excel Download)SouthBend
Criminally Assaulted Shootings Dataset: 2019 - Present (Excel Download)SouthBend
Fraternal Order of Police Working AgreementSouthBend
Join Features to Historic Use of ForceSouthBend
Police Officer Commendations: 2017 - Present (Excel Download)SouthBend
SBPD Recruiting - Ethnicity: 2017 - 2023SouthBend
SBPD Recruiting - Gender: 2017 - 2023SouthBend
Salary Ordinance (Re-Affirmation) - Police DepartmentSouthBend
Salary Ordinance - Police DepartmentSouthBend
Use of Force Annual Totals: 2014 - 2017 (Historic)SouthBend
Use of Force Incidents: 2017 - Present (Excel Download)SouthBend
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 240
- Population served
- 101,868
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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POP conference activity
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