CLEVELAND, Ohio – Multiple federal consent decrees designed to fix troubled police departments across the U.S. have been terminated, but Cleveland’s arrangement has emerged as an ongoing success story.
This week, an independent federal monitor said the Cleveland Division of Police is on the right track with its use of force. The monitor examined numerous incidents of non-lethal use of force in 2024 and found that 97% were justified.
“When it comes to interacting with the public, the reviewers found that officers are generally following policies, supervisors are engaged, and when policy violations occur, there is internal identification of those issues, and the systems designed to address those violations are in place and working,” the Federal Monitoring Team wrote in its report…