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Cleveland Puts Flock Expansion on Hold Amid Local Pushback
Flock No and others have raised concerns regarding ICE and privacy.
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Cleveland, DOJ Jointly Seek End of Federal Consent Decree
“We are not the same department that we were in 2015,” Bibb said. The decree “was a blessing in disguise, because it gave us the tools and the political will and the courage to do hard things.”
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Some Cleveland Rideshare Workers on Edge After Two Lyft Drivers Murdered in Two Days
Police say there’s no indication the incidents are related at this time. An arrest has been made in connection to one shooting.
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Monitor Finds Marked Improvement in Cleveland Police Department’s Use of Force
A decade after the consent decree, Cleveland cops are now largely following policy and using force in “reasonable” ways.
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Violent Crime in Cleveland Fell After Two-Month Crackdown, City Says
And new police recruits are up, Mayor Bibb announced on Monday
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Timothy Loehmann, Police Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice, Joins Force in West Virginia
It’s the fourth gig the disgraced officer’s gotten since being fired from CPD in 2017, though he has resigned previous posts after public scrutiny.
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Cleveland Police Hire Firm to Look for Potential Bias When Officers Encounter the Public
A preliminary analysis of 2024 traffic and investigatory stops by Sigma Squared found that Cleveland police did not target Black drivers, records show.
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Cleveland Police Chief Says Officers ‘Actively Investigating’ Recent Rash of Car Break-Ins
“I haven’t seen it at this level in a very long time.” Ward 3 councilman Kerry McCormack told Scene “What’s left out of this conversation is my residents who deserve a safe place to live. Where is their peace?”
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Co-Owner of Flats Bar Boarded Up by Bibb Says Establishment Had Nothing to Do With Mass Shooting
“Mayor Justin Bibb made the decision [to close Play] without no investigation,” said co-owner David Hill
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Get Pulled Over by Cleveland Police? You Might Get a Recruitment Card to Join the Force Along With Your Ticket
The cards also have a QR code to rate your experience with the cops
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In Shaker Heights and Across the Country, Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Raises Concerns for Policing
DEI professionals and officers of color fear that a Trump-led backlash will erase the diversity gains made after the George Floyd protests.
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Cleveland Police Beat a Teenager in Front of Tower City in March, a Lawsuit Claims
The teen was smacked with a baton by a CPD officer after officers mistakenly believed he’d tripped a female cop, a complaint filed last week alleges