A team of 15 experts from around the country
will oversee the Cleveland police department's compliance a consent decree
negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice. A Los Angeles-based police
consulting firm, Police Assessment Resource Center, will be paid $4.9 million
by the city. Here are the backgrounds of the team members.
Ryllie Danylko, cleveland.com
By Eric Heisig, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The team monitoring the
city of Cleveland's agreement with the U.S. Justice Department regarding police
reform has created a website and social-media accounts.
Within the past week, the website
www.clevelandpolicemonitor.net went live, team leader Matthew Barge said. The
team also sent out its first dispatch via Twitter on Friday.
The team also created a Facebook page.
The web presence is a way to keep Cleveland
residents informed as the monitoring team tracks the city's progress in
reforming its police department. The settlement with the Justice Department was
reached in May, and is expected to cost the city millions over at least five
years.
The monitoring team began its work in
October. It now has two offices: one at the Cleveland police department's
downtown headquarters on Ontario Street and one at Lutheran Metropolitan
Ministry, 4515 Superior Ave.
It is now taking public input for a
first-year plan, which will be filed Feb. 1 for Chief U.S. District Judge
Solomon Oliver Jr.'s approval. The plan (a draft can be seen below) will set
deadlines for when the city will have to accomplish certain tasks.
The judge, city and Justice Department are
expected to discuss the first-year plan at a Jan. 28 status conference.
Those who want to weigh in can do so here.
"What we've been telling people is 'the
sooner, the better,'" Barge said.
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