Cleveland

High crime and low staffing drove the city to accept 12-hour shifts when they had previously rejected them over safety concerns

The judge fined Willie Warner Sims and his partner, Alfonzo Cole, $40,000 and ordered the former officers to repay the one victim they robbed together $5,000

The settlement also allowed former Bedford Heights Officer Ryan Kaetzel the opportunity to buy K-9 Bosco

Alfonzo Cole and his partner, Willie Warner-Sims, pleaded guilty last month to four counts of robbery and theft in office, both third-degree felonies

Cadets will receive a pay bump from $16 to $24 an hour; the city will also offer incentives to cadets who either graduated from college or served in the military

“There are going to be scary times for the city,” said the union president about the continual decline of staffing

Karl Racine is the third consent decree monitor since the city and DOJ started the process in 2015

The criticism comes as the agencies are set to take on more responsibilities, including the final decision-maker on discipline

The Community Police Commission can dole out discipline to officers, a role once held by the police chief and safety director

Tourniquet training credited with saving the life of the wounded officer

Police arrested Anthony Novak in 2016 after he created a fake police Facebook page that closely mirrored the look of Parma PD's official page

“If we were to speak the way he did in a public forum we’d be looking at discipline or termination.”

The benefits are separate from another recently discussed proposal to use ARPA money to provide Cleveland officers with $3,000 retention bonuses

Witness-relocation efforts have previously relied on homicide detectives pulling cash out of their own pockets and pooling together funds

The new policy details de-escalation steps officers must take and “professionalism” they are required to show when dealing with mass protests