News, Statements, and Letters
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2024
Cleveland Community Police Commission Addresses Exclusion from Police Commanders' Selection Process
February 12, 2024
Today, The Cleveland Community Police Commission (CPC) issued a statement of condemnation regarding the actions of Mayor Justin Bibb, Director of Public Safety Karrie Howard, and Chief of Police Wayne Drummond for their failure to adhere to Charter Section 115-5 in the recent appointment of two police commanders, Kevin Kincaid, Bureau of Special Services, and Ralph Valentino, Fourth District.
2023
Letters
CPC Policy Committee Letter to Mayor Bibb
August 8, 2023
Letter regarding collaboration with the administration’s new initiative, Raising Investment in Safety for Everyone (RISE).
News Releases
CPC to Approve Candidates to Receive Grant Funding for Violence Prevention, Restorative-Justice, and Mediation Programs
October 19, 2023
Today, the Community Police Commission (CPC) will hold a special meeting to bring forward the proposed list of candidates to receive grant funding from the 2023 CPC Community Grants Program to be deliberated and decided on by the full commission.
CPC Analyzes Federal Monitor’s 13th Semiannual Consent Decree Compliance Report
October 26, 2023
The CPC released its sixth Quantification Report in its ongoing effort to help the Cleveland community understand the progress the City of Cleveland has made towards Consent Decree compliance. In the current reporting period, the CPC's report shows the City has made 41.7% overall progress towards full Consent Decree compliance.
CPC Launches Community Grants Program to Support Programs that Reduce the Need for Police Activity
June 22, 2023
This week, the Community Police Commission (CPC) launched its community grants program to support local, Cleveland-based violence prevention, restorative-justice, and mediation programs that reduce the need for police activity, with $1 million in total funding.
CPC Analyzes Federal Monitor’s Recent Consent Decree Compliance Report
April 10, 2023
The CPC released its Quantification Report that assessed the Monitoring Team’s Twelfth Semiannual Report to help the Cleveland community understand the progress the City of Cleveland has made towards Consent Decree compliance.
Local Organizations to Host Community Conversation Series about the Impact Police Violence has on the Mental Health of the Black Community
March 17, 2023
Beginning March 2023, a collaboration of community organizations will host a series of community conversations about the impact police violence has on the mental health of the Black community in Cleveland.
2022
News Releases
CPC Analyzes Federal Monitor’s Recent Consent Decree Compliance Report
October 13, 2022
Today, the Community Police Commission (CPC) released its fourth “Quantification Report” in its ongoing effort to help the Cleveland community understand the progress the City of Cleveland has made towards Consent Decree compliance. The assessment shows little progress was made by the City over the course of one year.
CPC statement on City’s decision to not appeal arbitration decision
August 2, 2022
We stand by Monitor Hassan Aden that officer Mason Swires should remain terminated from the force and the city administration should pursue all avenues possible in ensuring that happens.
CPC Analyzes Agreements Between City and Nine Other Police Departments related to the Consent Decree
June 14, 2022
The CPC reviewed the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the City and nine other police departments in Cleveland to give the public an understanding of how well these agencies have honored their agreements.
CPC Releases Police Surveillance Technology Recommendations
May 9, 2022
The CPC Technology Committee today released its initial report and recommendations on Cleveland’s emerging police surveillance technology.
- CPC Statement on Justice for Desmond Franklin
July 30, 2021 - CPC Requests Independent Investigation into the Police Shooting Death of Arthur Keith
July 16, 2021 - CPC Recommends Reinstatement of Professor Ayesha Hardaway as Deputy Monitor
June 29, 2021 - CPC Request DOJ to Reopen Civil Rights Investigation into the Homicide of Tamir Rice
May 10, 2021 - CPC Statement on Fatal Shooting by a Cleveland Police Officer
April 16, 2020 - CPC’s Statement on Tragic Loss of Tamia Chappman and CDP Officer
December 27, 2019 - Public Invited to Community Police Commission Appreciation Event
November 26, 2019 - Commissioner Response to Executive Director Administrative Leave
September 4, 2018 - CPPA and The Black Shield appoint new members on CPC
February 20, 2018 - CPC Sends Recommendations for Bias-Free Policing Policy to Chief of Police and Mayor
October 16, 2017 - City of Cleveland and United States Attorney’s Office Seek Applicants to fill Vacancy on Community Police Commission
August 8, 2017 - Commissioner Anthony Body’s Arrest in Euclid, Ohio
July 10, 2017 - Cleveland CPC Executive Director, Jason Goodrick Begins Work
June 13, 2017 - CPC’s Response to the City of Cleveland Asking Court for Optional Body-Worn Cameras
May 9, 2017 - CPC’s Response to CPPA Consideration of Lawsuit Against Toy Gun Manufacturer
May 3, 2017 - CPC Announces Executive Director Nicole S. Junior
March 24, 2017 - CPC Asks Det. Steve Loomis to Resign or be Removed
November 11, 2018
- Cleveland Community Forum on Use of CDP Force Policy Revisions – Sept. 15th and Sept. 20th, 2016
September 8, 2016 - Media Advisory re: City Council Ordinance re: the Police Review Board (Emergency Ordinance No. 82616)
August 2, 2016 - CPC Public Letter
July 14, 2016
In the News
Stories from the news and community highlighting the CPC’s work, Commission events, and Consent Decree updates.
- 10/25/2023 (Ideastream) A recent change to Cleveland police discipline may have violated the consent decree
- 8/8/2023 (19 News) Cleveland Police chief defends department’s use of pursuits, seeks to modify policy with DOJ
- 7/25/2023 (Ideastream) Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb rejects police commission pick for executive director
- 6/30/2023 (News 5) Community groups call for member of Cleveland Community Police Commission to resign
- 5/31/2023 (WKYC) New Cleveland police reform monitor meets with City Council committee
- 3/8/2023 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland City Council’s rejection of extra money for Community Police Commission draws blowback
- 3/7/2023 (19 News) Cleveland updates Consent Decree with new Monitoring Team
- 3/6/2023 (Ideastream) Police reform advocates slam Cleveland officials over budget cuts to Community Police Commission
- 3/1/2023 (Ideastream) Cleveland chooses two finalists for new police consent decree monitor
- 2/24/2023 (Signal Cleveland) Community Police Commission asks for additional staff to get oversight work done
- 2/15/2023 (Ideastream) Investigation uncovers widespread bodycam policy violations by Cleveland Police
- 2/13/2023 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland police chiefs’ discipline of officers improves, but some problems persist, consent-decree monitoring team says
- 10/31/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Ayesha Bell Hardaway named interim Cleveland police monitor
- 10/25/2022 (Cleveland.com) Mayor Justin Bibb, City Council name their picks for powerful new Community Police Commission
- 9/26/2022 (Washington Post) Cleveland’s Black voters want tough oversight of cops. Will police allow it?
- 9/23/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Cleveland, federal monitor disagree about progress of police reforms under 2015 consent decree
- 9/23/2022 (19 News) What’s next for the consent decree in Cleveland?
- 9/23/2022 (The Marshall Project) Cleveland Police Hiring Practices Are ‘Alarming’ and ‘Disturbing,’ Feds Say
- 9/23/2022 (Spectrum News) Cleveland Law Director says city’s goal is to request to end Consent Decree by 2023
- 9/23/2022 (Spectrum News) Law professor, Lewis Katz, weighs in on Consent Decree developments
- 9/22/2022 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland police struggling to hold officers accountable, including for fatal shootings, monitor’s report says
- 9/12/2022 (The Land) Federal oversight of police has cost Cleveland millions. What changed?
- 9/7/2022 (City of Cleveland) Bibb Administration creates Police Accountability Team to oversee effective implementation of consent decree
- 9/2/2022 (Cleveland City Council) Cleveland City Council Set to Interview Finalists for Appointment to Cleveland Police Commission
- 9/1/2022 (Cleveland Scene) Protesters Who Were Unlawfully Arrested and Jailed on May 30 Settle Lawsuit with Cleveland for $540,000
- 8/26/2022 (News 5 Cleveland) Cleveland Community Police Commission candidate critical of selection process
- 8/16/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Mayor Justin Bibb: Cleveland working ‘quickly’ to end 7-year-old police consent decree
- 7/21/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) The need to increase trust & the daunting task ahead for a new Cleveland Community Police Commission
- 7/21 /2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Making amends for Tamir Rice as Cleveland prepares for a new Community Police Commission
- 7/19/ 2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Clevelanders address policing as the city prepares for a more powerful Community Police Commission
- 7/11/2022 (Spectrum News) A look at police reform in two Ohio cities
- 6/30/2022 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland begins interviewing 27 finalists for new powerful Community Police Commission
- 6/15/2022 (Cleveland.com) Small Cleveland police agencies in compliance with consent decree, but lack civilian oversight, according to commission analysis
- 5/25/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Issue 24 gave new powers to the Civilian Police Review Board, but so far little has changed
- 5/11/2022 (City of Cleveland) Mayor Bibb announces rigorous two-phase selection process to evaluate nearly 300 applications for new Community Police Commission
- 5/10/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Cleveland Community Police Commission calls for more transparency, oversight of surveillance tech
- 5/2/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) City official says Cleveland police have facial recognition tech. How it’s being used is unclear
- 4/11/2022 (News 5 Cleveland) Cleveland Community Police Commission seeking vital feedback through community survey
- 3/17/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Court approves Cleveland consent decree changes, making way for new Community Police Commission
- 3/10/2022 (Ideastream Public Media) Cleveland police monitor focusing on accountability, training and community policing in 2022
- 12/30/2021 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland rebuts monitor’s critical report on chase that killed Tamia Chappman
- 12/29/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Police monitor faults Cleveland for internal review of chase that killed Tamia Chappman
- 12/15/2021 (Cleveland.com) Mayor-elect Bibb taps Cleveland police veteran Wayne Drummond as interim chief
- 12/6/2021 (WKYC) Desmond Franklin’s family announces federal civil rights lawsuit after deadly 2020 shooting involving off-duty Cleveland officer
- 12/2/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Q&A: Outgoing head of Cleveland police oversight agency talks about progress and Issue 24
- 11/12/2021 (WBUR) Cleveland’s first millennial mayor lays out his vision for police reform
- 11/1/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Cleveland’s consent decree years away from completion, police monitor says
- 9/03/2021 (Cleveland.com) Federal judge sides with citizens police panel in longstanding dispute with Cleveland over documents
- 7/23/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) CSU Professor Ronnie Dunn Joins Cleveland Police Monitoring Team
- 7/19/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Ayesha Bell Hardaway Will Return As Deputy Police Monitor
- 7/16/2021 (Cleveland.com) Justice Department claims Cleveland and the division of police withheld documents from oversight panel
- 7/15/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Federal Judge Says Cleveland Consent Decree Monitor Will Remain In Job
- 6/25/2021 (WKYC) Cleveland Mayoral Candidates Discuss Police Reform During Forum At Case Western Reserve University
- 6/23/2021 (News 5 Cleveland) Community leaders say professor who felt forced to resign from Cleveland Police Monitoring Team was ‘diagnosing a problem’
- 6/17/2021 (Cleveland.com) Ex-Cleveland police internal affairs chief who said he changed, backdated report about commander’s truthfulness resigns
- 6/3/2021 (WKYC) Cleveland police union calls for removal of city safety director after multiple officer firings
- 3/18/2021 (Cleveland.com) Cuyahoga County prosecutors declined to prosecute Cleveland police officer for May 30 conduct, letter reveals
- 3/17/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Cleveland Police Chase Policy Comes Under Scrutiny By City Council
- 3/17/2021 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland police’s inspector general recommended changing department’s pursuit policy, Chief Calvin Williams says he won’t
- 3/11/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) New Policy Looks To Shape Cleveland Police Behavior When Dealing With Adolescents
- 3/4/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) 6 Years After Tamir Rice, Cleveland Makes New Rules About Policing Kids
- 2/24/2021 (Cleveland.com) Federal monitor outlines Cleveland police failings in response to May 30 George Floyd protests
- 2/01/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Cleveland Police Consent Decree Conversation Details History, Views of Progress
- 2/11/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Forum On Police Use Of Force Turns Into Conversation On Race And Police
- 1/27/2021 (Ideastream Public Media) Two Widely Differing Views On Consent Decree’s Progress Have Taken Hold
- 11/11/2020 (News 5 Cleveland) Cleveland police supervisor suspended for detaining Tamir Rice’s sister after 2014 police shooting
- 7/14/2020 (Ideastream Public Media) Federal Judge: ‘Disturbing’ Report On Light Cleveland Police Discipline
- 7/14/2020 (Cleveland.com) ‘Unconscionable’: Ex-Cleveland Safety Director failed to fire officer whose lies kept a man falsely imprisoned for eight months
- 7/7/2020 (Ideastream Public Media) Despite Reforms, Cleveland’s Police Union Arbitration Remains Unchanged
- 7/6/2020 (Ideastream Public Media) Retiring CPD Captain Calls For Major Reinvestment In Community Policing
- 6/19/2020 (Cleveland.com) Mayor Frank Jackson picks former prosecutor as Cleveland’s new director of public safety
- 5/29/2020 (News 5 Cleveland) Road to Reform: 5 years after USDOJ consent decree, has federal oversight changed Cleveland Police?
- 1/15/2020 (Fox 8) Cleveland councilman calls for change following police chase
- 1/23/2020 (News 5 Cleveland) Cleveland residents demanding changes to police department’s chase policy
- 11/6/2019 (City of Cleveland) Mayor Jackson Administers Oath of Office to New Cleveland Community Police Commission Members
- 8/26/2019 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland Public Safety Director Michael McGrath would lose some power to discipline cops under proposed policy
- 8/22/2019 (19 News) CW 43 Focus: Cleveland Community Police Commission seeks new applicants for board
- 8/5/2019 (Ideastream Public Media) Consent Decree Calls On Cleveland Police To Be Problem Solvers
- 1/23/2020 (News 5 Cleveland) Cleveland residents demanding changes to police department’s chase policy
- 11/6/2019 (City of Cleveland) Mayor Jackson Administers Oath of Office to New Cleveland Community Police Commission Members
- 8/26/2019 (Cleveland.com) Cleveland Public Safety Director Michael McGrath would lose some power to discipline cops under proposed policy
- 8/22/2019 (19 News) CW 43 Focus: Cleveland Community Police Commission seeks new applicants for board
- 8/5/2019 (Ideastream Public Media) Consent Decree Calls On Cleveland Police To Be Problem Solvers