Cleveland police consent decree panel discussion focuses on crisis intervention and officer wellness By Stephanie Czekalinski | May 12, 2021 at 3:45 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 3:45 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The United Way of Greater Cleveland and the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP are hosting an online dialogue Wednesday on the police reform mandated by the consent decree between the U.S. Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland.
The dialogue is the fifth in an 11-month long series of dialogues on the consent decree between the U.S. Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland.
The parties reached the consent decree after the DOJ investigated the use of force of the city’s police department after a well-publicized car chase and shooting that left two dead.
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