CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team investigated how Cleveland police top bosses are using take-home cars, and we found city hall looking at it too.
This comes after we revealed city officials misusing take-home cars or simply commuting long distances every day.
The I-Team reviewed monthly logs for take-home cars used by Cleveland police top brass.
We mostly saw times showing cars used during normal working hours.
We noticed most descriptions of travel were vague. For example, “Commute and Response” and “Administrative Operations Duties” and “Investigation/Commute” and “Training.”
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What we looked at is also part of an internal review of take-home cars.
Last week, the city’s new safety advisor sat down with the I-Team. He told us he’s leading the internal review.
“I’m, actually leading the audit of all police take-home vehicles to see who has a car, who doesn’t need a car anymore,” Phillip McHugh said.
We found McHugh also has a take-home car, so we challenged him.