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He filed an internal complaint over fallout from a federal wiretapping investigation of South Bend police. Then the police chief says he released it to a reporter at ABC 57, a South Bend television station. And because of that, a South Bend police officer is now facing the possibility of a 10-day suspension.
Interim Police Chief Chuck Hurley recommended the suspension for Jack Stilp to the Board of Public Safety Wednesday.
Stilp filed the internal report against Metro Homicide Commander Tim Corbett in May. That led to a 3-month investigation by an outside investigator. After which the metro homicide board suspended Corbett for 5 days for being discourteous to Stilp during an April phone call.
Stilp now has 30 days to contest the charges against him.
“He admitted to doing it,” Hurley said. “I hope he's remorseful and understands the mistake that he made. I took that away from our conversation.”
Today the public safety board also unanimously approved a new South Bend Police Department phone recording policy. Only phones in three departments within the police department can now be recorded – internal affairs, the front desk, and all 911 lines.
The change comes after a federal investigation into illegally recorded lines at the police department. That investigation led to the demotion of former chief Darryl Boykins and firing of the department's communications director Karen DaPaepe.
