Akron Police Department

Akron police auditor Anthony Finnell has released the findings of a use-of-force investigation involving Officer Ryan Westlake. He was fired May 6 for ramming a juvenile suspect into his police car while arresting her. Finnell also said it appears supervising officers may have tried to downplay the incident.

The officer, Ryan Westlake, was nearly fired in 2021 after three incidents.

Police say the teen had been carrying a fake gun and was reportedly pointing it at houses in the city's Goodyear Heights neighborhood.

One year ago, an attempted traffic stop in Akron ended in a car chase and eight police officers shooting and killing Jayland Walker, a 25 year old, unarmed Black man.

In an attempt to pushback on the city of Akron and the police department's characterization of protesters as violent, about 50 people marched through downtown Monday night carrying red carnations.

The city of Akron and the Akron Police Department asserted Saturday that police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray during a protest on Copley Road Wednesday was appropriate, sharing aerial video and video from officers’ perspectives that purport to show objects being thrown at officers prior to those actions.

The lawsuit alleges a pattern of constitutional rights violations by the city and police department through excessive violence.

The Black leadership group Tribal Trauma Triage is urging peace and healing after a grand jury issued no indictments for the eight Akron police officers involved in the shooting death of Jayland Walker.

A day after a special grand jury decided the eight officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker should face no criminal charges, protesters walked down East Market Street and heard speeches calling for police reform in Akron.

The special grand jury returned a no-bill decision Monday following a review of evidence compiled by the state's crime lab.