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Committee approves applying for state grant to fund cartel/gang narcotics task force
Summary
The Cleveland Public Safety Committee approved ordinance 565-2025 to authorize the Director of Public Safety to apply for and accept a state grant to support the Cartel, Gang, Narcotics and Laundering Task Force.
The Cleveland Public Safety Committee approved ordinance 565-2025 to authorize the Director of Public Safety to apply for and accept a grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services’ Recovering Ohio Law Enforcement Fund to support the Cartel, Gang, Narcotics and Laundering Task Force.
The ordinance, introduced by Councilmembers Polencic and Griffin and read previously on April 28, 2025, was approved “without objection” during the committee meeting. The ordinance text lists a grant period from 05/01/2025 to 04/30/2026 and shows line-item allocations for personnel, travel, equipment, supplies, other, and confidential funds.
Sherry Hartzong, the presenter at the table for the Department of Public Safety, said the request would “authorize the director of public safety to apply…
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