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 city hasn't acknowledged that part of the surveillance system launched in 2018 was the hiring of two companies that offer facial recognition services. -
The county did not provide any details on Viland's reason for leaving the job. -
The two departments on the city's East Side would patrol in Little Italy and Case would also expand into Glenville. -
The training is intended for investigators of police use-of-force incidents and has been criticized as too biased in favor of the officer. -
The site will require an environmental review before the committee planning for the new jail approves it. -
The authorizing agreements with other private police departments include policy and training requirements. -
Cleveland City Council's Safety Committee held the proposal after raising several concerns about non-municipal police departments in the city. -
Shondo Moffitt arrived at the jail on February 15. The cause of his death is unknown. -
Cuyahoga County leads the state in the number of youth bound over to adult jail -
The Justice Center Executive Steering Committee will continue discussing the proposed site at its next meeting.
