Matthew Richmond
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Police, courts, radio and writing
Education: University of Southern California - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: In a kayak near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
Experience:
Matthew Richmond has worked as a journalist since 2011, first as a stringer in South Sudan, then as a public radio radio reporter in upstate New York covering hydrofracking before arriving in Cleveland in 2016.
Highlights:
- 2022 & 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Criminal Justice Reporting
- Reporting fellow for "Guns & America" - a public media reporting project focused on firearms, their role and history in U.S. society and the laws surrounding their distribution and possession in Ohio and nationwide
- Reporting on the criminal justice system in Northeast Ohio, with a particular focus on policing, prosecutors and responses to violent crime
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The charges against seven East Cleveland police officers include felonious assault and interference with civil rights. -
Kia and Hyundai are alleged to have failed to include common theft prevention technology in several models, directly contributing to the thieves targeting their vehicles. Cleveland has sued them. -
The two finalists - Karl Racine and Renee Hall - are a former attorney general in Washington, D.C. and former police chief in Dallas. -
Sonny Meraban and two others were arrested Wednesday in Miami Beach and near Chicago and face 59 counts in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. -
The companies, Hogan Lovells and J.S. Held, will appear at public forums in Cleveland next week. Whichever company is selected will take over the contract held by former monitor Hassan Aden. -
The change in mindset looks to get paramedics inside a building quicker to treat victims when there's an active shooter. -
Bibb's plan would reduce the number of open positions in the Cleveland Division of Police by 142. Public Safety Director Karrie Howard told councilmembers the city has been unable to fill all the empty spots in the budget for years. -
Cleveland's Office of Professional Standards found that officers in the specialized, hotspot policing N.I.C.E. Unit were not properly uploading their body camera footage for years. -
The Civilian Police Review Board upheld two Group 3 charges against Sgt. Lance Henderson, which both carry at least 10-day suspensions, with termination possible. -
Disputes at Wednesday night's second meeting of the commission indicate the 13-member police oversight group may be at odds over how quickly to jump into action.
