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Cleveland residents and councilmembers urge caution before ending police consent decree
Summary
Public commenters and several councilmembers pressed for community safeguards and continuing oversight before the city moves to terminate the federal police consent decree, citing DOJ findings, continued use-of-force concerns, and calls for formal community sign-off and post-termination audits.
Council members and public commenters at the Cleveland City Council meeting pressed the administration to slow plans to terminate the federal police consent decree, saying independent oversight and enforceable safeguards must remain in place before oversight ends.
Public commenter Terry Wong, who said he served as chair of the Community Police Commission, reminded the council that the consent decree followed a DOJ investigation documenting systemic Fourth Amendment violations and urged residents' voices to be heard before any termination. "Before that oversight ends, Clevelanders themselves…
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