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Residents raise concerns about district policing committee, police response and informant use
Summary
Public commenters at the Cleveland City Council meeting said district policing committees are not being respected, recounted a traffic incident where police declined action, and raised concerns about police informants and historical COINTELPRO tactics.
Several residents used the public comment period at Cleveland City Council’s Oct. 13 meeting to press the city on policing practices, internal district policing committee (DPC) governance and an incident they said showed police nonresponse.
Sabrina Otis, co-chair of the First District District Policing Committee, said volunteers in DPC roles are not being respected and said internal bylaws are not being followed. “We have issues with community relations, where our community relations representative refuses to talk to the co-chair…
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