Residents say city officials have not kept them in the loop on federal oversight progress.
Repairing relationships between police and Cleveland residents is a core component of the federal consent decree, but resident participation has been low in recent weeks as the city held public hearings to choose a new police monitoring team.
Anderson, who has worked on consent decrees in Oakland, California, and Ferguson, Missouri, said she knows it will be a struggle to keep residents engaged. Consent decrees are the federal government’s most widely-used tool to force cities with histories of abusive policing to change their ways. Cleveland is required to enact dozens of changes in categories including use-of-force procedures, enhanced training, internal investigations and de-escalating situations involving mental health and substance abuse.Timothy Longo Sr.
The consent decree requires the monitor to hold public meetings with different groups, including the Cleveland City Council, to explain updates about the agreement’s implementation process.Ayesha Bell Hardaway, the interim monitor, said the first monitor appeared at least twice before the City Council.
He said it’s important for officers to engage residents because “everybody has a role in making sure the community is respected and served appropriately.” The department has revised multiple policies to meet requirements for use-of-force, crowd control and bias-free policing, federal court filings show.
The consent decree requires Cleveland to “prevent excessive force,” along with ensuring search and seizures are reasonable, and police services are free from bias.
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