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Interim monitor: Cleveland shows gains under consent decree; crisis-intervention found in compliance
Summary
Christine Cole, the interim monitor for the federal consent decree, told the Cleveland City Council Public Safety Committee that the monitoring team’s 17th semiannual report, filed on or about Sept. 15, finds the city in substantial or general compliance in the crisis-intervention area while other assessments remain in progress or under city review.
Christine Cole, the interim monitor for the federal consent decree overseeing the Cleveland Division of Police, told the Cleveland City Council’s public safety committee that the monitoring team’s 17th semiannual report, filed on or about Sept. 15, shows marked progress in several areas while other reviews remain in progress or under city review.
Cole said the monitoring team completed nine assessments in 2025 and filed the crisis-intervention assessment with the court. “In every category or in every paragraph, they were deemed to be in either general compliance … or in substantial and effective compliance,” she said of the crisis-intervention findings.
The monitoring team described a mix of completed, in-progress and delayed reviews. One assessment — crisis intervention — is complete and graded at the highest levels; reviews of wearable-camera imagery are written and awaiting city comment; use-of-force, recruitment/hiring and staffing reports are in draft; equipment/resources and training are in active review; and community/problem-oriented policing and performance/promotions were…
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