Questions were also raised about Campbell rising from the school officer to chief of police literally overnight, but he sees it as an asset. Mayor Meer eventually jumped in and reversed his previous assertion that his step-son was targeted. “This is about going into the future and I’m not going to deal with that right now.next question,” said Campbell. “ Our department is hurtingour community is hurting,” said Campbell.īut when it came time to take questions, the chief didn't want to answer ours. That same taskforce had arrested the Mayor's step-son just two weeks earlier - and it didn't take long to address the elephant in the room. 'I look at this as an opportunity to serve and look at this as an opportunity to represent the best of what the Michigan City Police Department stands for,” said Campbell.Ĭampbell’s appointment comes after the department's top three leaders simultaneously resigned last week after the mayor asked them to stop working with the county's drug taskforce. Less than a week after his former chief suddenly resigned, Mayor Ron Meer introduced his new pick to lead the department.Ĭhief Dion Campbell has been with the department for 20 years and was, until this afternoon, the School Resource Officer.

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