New tool to fight crime now open after officials cut ribbon on Strike Force headquarters
Tracy Carloss
and last updated 2021-01-06 19:00:27-05
CLEVELAND â A new crime-fighting tool in Northeast Ohio is now complete. Cleveland is one of just 16 cities across the country to have a federal OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The building is now complete and was unveiled on Wednesday.
âThis brings a physical structure to what weâve been doing here,â said Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams.
Cleveland Strike Force was announced two years ago to stop violent crime, gangs and drugs. Within a few months, federal, state and local authorities were working side by side on the streets.
Police shoot suspected violent fugitive at Steelyard Commons; suspect in stable condition at MetroHealth
Cleveland Police Chief Calvin D. Williams said during a Friday press conference a full investigation is under way. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 1:26 AM EST December 12, 2020
CLEVELAND Shortly before noon on this sunny Friday, Cleveland police officers shot a suspected fugitive, now identified as DeWayne Taylor, 31, in the parking lot of the Steelyard Commons Walmart.
According to a press release from the division, members of a fugitive task force tracked Taylor, a Pennsylvania resident, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he is wanted for pointing a firearm at officers on Dec. 4. In a press conference with Cleveland Police Chief Calvin D. Williams, Cleveland Public Safety Director Karrie Howard, and US Marshal Pete Elliot, the team said the shooting occurred after members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force attempted to ap