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Police outline summer safety plan and hiring pipeline; council presses for data on off‑duty cams, drone policy and river car removals
Summary
Cleveland police described a summer safety plan focused on hot-spot enforcement and traffic initiatives and provided recruitment and academy timelines. Councilors asked for clearer data on staffing, handling of off‑duty officers and the status of a drone policy under review by the federal monitor and the Cleveland Police Commission.
Chief Dorothy Todd and public safety staff briefed the committee on a summer safety plan and staffing pipeline at the Cleveland City Council committee meeting. The division said it will again deploy targeted "microgrid" enforcement in violent-crime hot spots, launch traffic initiatives that include partnership with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and coordinate with federal, state and local partners for violent-crime responses.
"A big part of our enforcement efforts will be traffic initiatives," Chief Todd said, adding the summer plan will include nuisance-property enforcement, graffiti cleanup and work with other city departments. Police staff said the plan was still being finalized and will be shared with council when complete.
On staffing, the division reported current totals and academy schedules. The chief said the department has approximately 1,201 personnel on the books, including 74 recruits, which leaves roughly 1,127 sworn members; 28 recruits will graduate in an…
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