The city of Akron has move up the deadline for completing deadly police use of force investigations. The head of the Citizens Police Oversight Board hopes that means a door is open for bigger changes in the next contract.
In a memorandum of understanding signed March 13 and released this week, the union and city agreed to 110-day deadlines for disciplinary investigations, including in deadly use-of-force cases.
Under the contract ratified last year and running through 2027, the deadline was 120 days. The amendment allows for a 45-day extension in disciplinary cases that do not include deadly use of force if the chief of police “becomes of aware of new allegations or information” that could lead to administrative charges…