Cleveland Police Department

A state official recently reported the jail no longer needed close oversight.

Det. James Skernivitz was shot and killed in the line of duty.

The director handed down light punishments without sufficient rational, the monitor wrote.

The Cleveland Police Department is facing scrutiny from the city for coming up short-staffed in three specialty units. The city council’s safety committee held a special hearing Wednesday to address the concerns. The homicide unit hasn’t hit its desired count of 23 detectives, Chief Calvin Williams said, though four recent hires brought the total to 19. The domestic violence and sex crimes units are similarly understaffed, he said.

The 88th annual state NAACP convention took place in Canton over the weekend, and included a panel on community policing with officials from several Ohio…

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The City of Cleveland released its plan for community- and problem-oriented policing Tuesday. The proposal is one of the requirements of the federal…