At a swearing-in ceremony for new South Bend police officers, Buttigieg said that the weekend's officer-involved shooting was a “reminder of how much work we have yet to be done'
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday addressed new police officers in the city as it grapples with the fallout of an officer-involved shooting over the weekend that prompted Buttigieg to take time off the presidential campaign trail.
Buttigieg has put his rising presidential campaign on pause, including canceling several fundraisers and events, while he deals with the fallout from the shooting. He returned to South Bend to hold an emergency news conference and to meet with community leaders. Earlier this week, he ordered that all body-worn cameras be recording during any work-related interactions between officers and civilians.
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