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Auditor Fennell details four use-of-force reviews; board accepts reports and records recommendations for policy and training changes
Summary
Auditor Fennell presented four use-of-force reviews to the Akron Citizens Police Oversight Board and recommended investigations, policy clarifications and training changes; the board accepted the reports by vote.
Auditor Fennell presented four individual use-of-force reviews and related recommendations to the Akron Citizens Police Oversight Board; the board voted to accept the reports during the meeting.
Fennell outlined that his office is completing data-analyst contracting and case-management vendor discussions, and that initial 2022throughAugust data has been provided to an analyst firm for further review.
Case 202500088595: Fennell said officers responded to a reported robbery where two juvenile Black males fled; one was apprehended after a head strike and was transported without a seat belt. He recommended that the Akron Police Department investigate the transportation violation and the sergeants failure to document or address it, require formal documentation of policy deviations and remedial actions, prohibit subjective justifications for ignoring policy, mandate…
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