Deputy Monitor Melody Stewart said Cleveland is “closer to constitutional policing than its ever been,” but critical work remains to complete the city’s consent decree during a federal court hearing Wednesday.
U.S. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. said he was “heartened” that, for the first time, the U.S. Department of Justice, City of Cleveland, and Cleveland Police Monitoring, which oversees the city’s progress, all spoke positively about the impact of the decree on Cleveland police and the community it serves.
Oliver also said it was “good to hear” the parties have “candid conversations” about areas where there is still work to be done, including oversight and accountability…