Solomon Oliver

Bell Hardaway began working with the Cleveland police monitoring team in 2015 and currently serves as deputy monitor.

The two sides are far apart on whether the city is making sufficient progress in addressing issues involving the excessive use of force by Cleveland police. It's ultimately up to a federal judge to decide when the city has met the terms of the consent decree.

Cleveland police officers in neighborhood districts will spend 20 percent of their time engaging with the community under a new plan submitted for a federal judge’s approval this week. That requirement is just one element of the city’s new community policing plan. The monitor of the city’s consent decree asked Judge Solomon Oliver on Thursday to sign off on the proposal, along with plans for recruitment and neighborhood policing committees.

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The federal monitoring team overseeing the police consent decree in Cleveland released its fourth progress report today.The city’s accomplishments include…