CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team on Wednesday took tough questions to Cleveland city leaders about your safety.
Mayor Justin Bibb and Cleveland police leaders just announced a big drop in homicides and other crimes.
The mayor calls his summer safety plan a success, but some viewers, recent victims of crime and some city council members are questioning the city’s crime statistics.
So, the I-Team looked at what’s working and what’s not.
Curfew signs posted in Cleveland Public Square
Just this summer, Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter was shot and killed in the line of duty. A 10 year-old girl was shot and killed and a 7-year-old boy was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
The mayor says the homicide rate dropped over the summer by more than a third. However, we asked city leaders about the homicide number they released since the stats didn’t match numbers kept in the Cleveland Police Homicide Unit.
Statistics kept by Cleveland homicide detectives reveal a higher number of murders.