The tapes saga: the Mayor is running out of time to respond to a subpoena.
Will he release the tapes?
The debate was once again discussed at Monday's Common Council.
It started in late March, when then South Bend Police Chief, Darryl Boykins, resigned over a federal investigation concerning recordings within his police department.
It has since turned into much more.
Now the community is demanding the recordings be released.
There are allegations the commander of Metro Homicide made derogatory comments about the chief on them.
The FBI investigated the recordings of the phone calls.
It didn't determine making them was illegal, but the Mayor had the Chief resign because he said protocol wasn't being followed.
A South Bend Police Officer then filed a suit saying he was threatened by Metro Homicide Commander, Tim Corbett, to keep quiet about the recordings.
Then, Corbett filed a suit of his own saying his reputation has been smeared.
Finally, just a couple weeks ago, the South Bend Common Council subpoenaed the Mayor to release those tapes.
That's where we are now.
Members of the community took the podium at the Common Council meeting Monday to once again reiterate their desire to know what's on those tapes.
Members of Citizens United for Better Government say this ordeal is taking a toll on the community and would like the tapes released so South Bend can move forward.
They say the citizens have a right to know what's on the tapes.
"The majority of citizens are simply outraged at these games," says Mario Sims with Citizens United.
"We took taxpayers dollars, sent the tapes off to be looked into these reports and now we're told that we won't be able to hear or see," says Reverend Greg Brown with Citizens United.
FOX 28 also spoke with Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
He says he's not sure it's legal to release the tapes and that's what his team is trying to figure out before he responds to the subpoena.
He says he wants to respond just as quickly as everyone, he just wants to make sure it's done right.
"We want to make sure we're doing everything by the book. I remain concerned about some of the legal issues attached to the release of these documents. So we're going to come at this in a way to make sure that whatever we do, is definitely lawful," says Buttigieg.
Buttigieg says this isn't something that can be done over night on the back of a napkin, but he's confident they'll have a response well ahead of the deadline.
Meantime, members of Citizens United are meeting this Wednesday at 6 o'clock in the evening at Emanuel Church to start organizing a protest they're planning for sometime in September.
