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The Cleveland Police Monitoring Team published its 12th semi-annual report on March 23. I’m going to share the highlights. This is the link to the 87-page report. static1.squarespace.com/static/5651f9b… #Cleveland #CLEpolice #PoliceReform #ConsentDecree #LawEnforcement

The report was filed in federal court last Thursday. Later Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. held a 2-hour hearing with the monitoring team & “the parties.” @TheJusticeDept & @CityofCleveland are the parties. The judge has overseen the case since 2015. I attended the hearing.

Let’s start with some basics. Here’s the modified consent decree with tracked changes. It was approved by the court in March 2022. Changes reflect the new charter language (article 115) that was added after Issue 24 passed. Below is the table of contents👇static1.squarespace.com/static/5651f9b…

So far the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team has published 1️⃣2️⃣ semi-annual reports. Plans, policies, training, assessments, reviews, & reports can be found on the @cle_monitorteam’s website. clevelandpolicemonitor.net/resources-repo… #PoliceReform #ConsentDecree

The monitoring team’s semi-annual report has color-coded charts which cover paragraphs 1️⃣4️⃣ through 3️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ of the consent decree.

Non-Compliance 🔴
Partial Compliance 🟡
General Compliance 🟢
Operational Compliance 🟢

These terms are NOT in the decree. The monitor uses them to “synthesize & summarize” their conclusions. The following descriptions are copied from pages 4-5. I added color.

The monitoring team evaluated the following consent decree requirements:

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BUILDING TRUST
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION (“CPC”)
DISTRICT POLICING COMMITTEES

COMMUNITY & PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING (CPOP)

BIAS-FREE POLICING

USE OF FORCE
OFFICER USE OF FORCE PRINCIPLES & POLICY
USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW

USE OF FORCE
FORCE REVIEW BOARD
FORCE INVESTIGATION TEAM ASSESSMENT
CDP DATA COLLECTION

CRISIS INTERVENTION

SEARCH AND SEIZURE

ACCOUNTABILITY
INTERNALLY DISCOVERED MISCONDUCT

ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (“OPS”)

ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS (“OPS”) continued…

ACCOUNTABILITY
POLICE REVIEW BOARD (“PRB”)

ACCOUNTABILITY
DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS

TRANSPARENCY & OVERSIGHT
POLICE INSPECTOR GENERAL

TRANSPARENCY & OVERSIGHT
DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

TRANSPARENCY & OVERSIGHT
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CDP-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICER ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT
TRAINING

OFFICER ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT & RESOURCES

OFFICER ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT
RECRUITMENT & HIRING

OFFICER ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT
PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND PROMOTIONS

OFFICER ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT
STAFFING

SUPERVISION
FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS

SUPERVISION
OFFICER INTERVENTION PROGRAM

SUPERVISION
BODY-WORN CAMERAS

OUTCOME ASSESSMENTS — Finally, the consent decree details a number of required outcome assessments that are largely quantitative measures across various domains. The #Cleveland #Police Monitoring Team is working with @CityofCleveland to identify & prioritize assessments for 2023.

According to the report, “qualitative assessments test adherence in practice to the policies in place. The assessments are in various stages of completion, & several are ongoing in a rolling fashion.”

Monitoring Team’s 1️⃣2️⃣th semi-annual report⬇️
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