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Committee reviews impaired-driving grant authorization and presses city on speeding, mutual aid and pursuit policies
Summary
Council discussed an ordinance to apply for state impaired-driving enforcement grants and used the hearing to press the administration on speeding, Ohio State Highway Patrol partnerships, pursuit policy differences, drone use and requests for enforcement data.
The Cleveland City Council Safety Committee reviewed an ordinance authorizing the director of public safety to apply for state grants for impaired-driving enforcement and selective traffic enforcement programs and used the hearing to question the administration about neighborhood speeding, interagency enforcement partnerships, pursuit policies and drone use.
The ordinance (listed in committee as 90950-2025) authorizes the director to apply for and accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Public Safety for fiscal year 2026 impaired-driving enforcement and selective traffic enforcement programs. The item had been approved by public-safety and finance directors and had no legal objection noted by the law department, according to committee paperwork.
Committee members repeatedly raised speeding and red-light running as the most frequent public-safety complaints from residents. The chair told the…
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