A scathing new report from the federal team monitoring the city found Cleveland Police are still struggling to hold officers accountable and meet standards spelled out in the consent decree.
The team’s concerns mirror our reporting here at News 5, which revealed the department is dangerously understaffed.
“The quickest we can get out of this decree, the better it will be for the police department and the taxpayers so we can use that money to reinvest back in, long-term,” Bibb said last month.It seems destined to drag out after this report, which, among other problems, found Cleveland is faling to properly conduct investigations into officer-involved shootings.
The report also found Cleveland takes too long to investigative complaints against officers and needs to be more transparent with the public.