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Semiannual Reports
Fifteenth Semiannual Report (September 2024)
Fourteenth Semiannual Report (April 2024)
Thirteenth Semiannual Report (October 2023)
Twelfth Semiannual Report (March 2023)
Eleventh Semiannual Report (September 2022)
Tenth Semiannual Report (October 2021)
Tenth Semiannual Report Snapshot (October 2021)
Ninth Semiannual Report (February 2021)
Eighth Semiannual Report (July 2020)
Seventh Semiannual Report (September 2019)
Sixth Semiannual Report (March 2019)
Fifth Semiannual Report & Comprehensive Re-Assessment (August 2018)
Fourth Semiannual Report (January 2018)
Third Semiannual Report (June 2017)
Second Semiannual Report (January 2017)
First Semiannual Report (June 2016)
Monitoring Team Assessments & Reviews
Q4 2022 Use of Force Assessment
Q3 2022 Use of Force Assessment
Q2 2022 Use of Force Assessment
Q1 2022 Use of Force Assessment
Notice Submitting Monitoring Team’s Force Investigation Team (FIT) Assessment (October 2023)
Monitoring Team’s Assessment of CDP’s Force Investigation Team (FIT)
Exhibit A - OIS Interim Monitor Memorandum 112122
Exhibit B - City Response to Monitor Assessment 121622
Exhibit C - Interim Monitor Correspondence RE OIS 010523
Exhibit D - City of Cleveland OIS and Accountability System Response 013123
Exhibit E - City Supplemental Response to OIS Assessment 030123
Exhibit F - MT Response to OIS City Supplement 040323
Compliance Assessment of Recruit Hiring Background Check Process, 148th Recruit Class
Notice Submitting Monitoring Team Use of Force Review Memorandum (March 2022)
Monitor’s 2020-2021 Use of Force Review
Monitoring Team’s Preliminary Assessment of OPS and CPRB
Monitoring Team’s Compliance Audit - Lateral Hires Background Checks
Notice Submitting Monitoring Team Review of Chappman Fatal Pursuit Investigations (December 2021)
Review of Investigations and Adjudication of Fatal Pursuit Resulting in the Death of Tamia Chappman
Monitoring Team Review of Director of Public Safety Disciplinary Decisions Memorandum
Supplemental Monitoring Team Review of Director of Public Safety Disciplinary Decisions
Disciplinary Guidance GPO Revised 1-1-14
Disciplinary Guidance GPO Revised 1-1-18
Disciplinary Guidance GPO Effective 8-12-19
Biennial Community Survey (July 2018)
Officer Focus Groups Report (June 2018)
Baseline Detainee Survey (November 2017)
Baseline Assessment Report (June 2016)
Biennial Community Survey (June 2016)
Plans
Community policing
Memorandum Approving Community and Problem-Oriented Policing Plan (February 2019)
Memorandum Approving District Policing Committee Plan (February 2019)
recruitment and hiring
Memorandum Approving Recruitment and Hiring Plan (February 2019)
staffing
Memorandum Approving Staffing Plan (February 2019)
Policies
Accountability
Memorandum Approving Amended Disciplinary Matrix (August 2019)
Order Approving Revised Disciplinary Matrix (January 2018)
Response to Joint Motion to Modify Paragraph 178 of the Settlement Agreement (January 2018)
Amended Memorandum Approving & Submitting Revised Disciplinary Matrix (January 2018)
Memorandum Re-Submitting OPS & PRB Manuals (January 2017)
Original Memorandum Approving & Submitting Revised OPS & PRB Manuals (November 2016)
Notice Resubmitting OPS and PRB Manuals (September 2024)
Bias-Free Policing
Notice Submitting Revised Bias-Free Policing Policy (November 2022)
Revised Bias-Free Policing Policy
Order Approving Bias-Free Policing Policy (March 2018)
Memorandum Approving Bias-Free Policing Policy (February 2018)
Body-Worn Cameras
Memorandum Approving Body-Worn Camera Policy, With Three Exceptions (December 2016)
community and problem-oriented policing
Memorandum Approving Revised CPOP Policy and CPOP Data Collection Training (March 2022)
Memorandum Approving Community and Problem-Oriented Policing Policy (August 2019)
Crisis Intervention
Notice Submitting Revised Crisis Intervention Policy and Procedures (October 2022)
Exhibit A - Crisis Intervention Definitions Policy
Exhibit B - Crisis Intervention Team Program Policy
Exhibit C - Crisis Intervention Team Response Policy
Memorandum to CDP Regarding CIT Response Policy
Memorandum Approving & Submitting Crisis Intervention Policies (January 2016)
Crisis Intervention Definitions Policy
Crisis Intervention Program Policy
Crisis Intervention Response Policy
Equipment, Technology, & Resources
Memorandum Approving Equipment and Resource Plan (November 2018)
2017 Equipment and Resource Plan
Memorandum Disapproving Proposed Equipment & Resource Plan (December 2016)
Mission Statement
Revised CPD Mission Statement (June 2016)
search and seizure
Memorandum Approving Stops Data Collection Policy and Training (May 2021)
Memorandum Approving Search and Seizure Policies (May 2019)
Use of Force
C - Use of Force - Supervisory Reviews and Investigations
D - Crowd Management - General
E - Crowd Management - Incident Command System
F - Crowd Management - Mass Arrests
G - Long Range Acoustic Device Protocol
H - Mobile Field Force Operations
I - Mobile Field Force Quarterly PPE Inspection Exemplar
K - Grenadier Equipment Munitions Quarterly Inspection Exemplar
L - Grenadier Munitions Log Exemplar
M - Interactions with Citizens Who are Recording Police Activity
Motion Submitting Force Review Board (FRB) Policy, Checklist, and Training (June 2020)
MOU between City of Cleveland, CDP and Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Memorandum Approving Revised Use of Force Policies (April 2019)
Order Approving Canine Deployment Policies (January 2018)
Memorandum Approving & Submitting Canine Deployment Policies (October 2017)
Memorandum Approving & Submitting Revised Use of Force Policies to Court (November 2016)
Training
Notice Submitting Dispatcher Trauma-Informed Care and Personality Disorders Training (Nov 2024)
Ex. A CDP Dispatch In-service Lesson Plan
Ex. B CDP Dispatch Instructor Manual
Ex. C 2024 Lesson Plan Trauma Informed Care
Ex. D Trauma Informed Care CDP IST Training Slides
Ex. E CDP IST 2024 Trauma Instructor Manual_Redacted
Ex. F SCIT In Service Personality Disorders Lesson Plan
Ex. G SCIT Personality Disorders Slides
Notice Submitting 2024-2026 Training Plan and 2024 Needs Assessment (August 2024)
Notice Submitting City of Cleveland 2023 Leadership Development Training (April 2023)
A - CDP Leadership Training Course Plan
2023 Lesson Plan and Instructor Manual
Notice Submitting City of Cleveland 2023 In-Service Training Session II Materials (April 2023)
Crowd Management and Use of Force Policy Review and Field Force Equipment Training
Notice Submitting 2023-2025 Training Plan and 2023 Needs Assessment (March 2023)
Notice Submitting CDP Session III In-Service Training (Oct 2022)
2022 Session III Subject Control
2022 Session III Impact Weapons _ OC Spray
2022 Session III QPR In-Service Scenarios
2022 Session III ABLE Focus on Wellness
Notice Submitting 2022 Reality-Based and Bias-Free In-Service Training (May 2022)
Integrated Reality-Based Training Introduction
Reality-Based Training Scenario #1
Reality-Based Training Scenario #2
Reality-Based Training Scenario #3
Integrated Reality-Based Training Debrief
Cultural Humility: Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Presentation
Cultural Humility: Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Instructor Guide
Notice Submitting Annual Crisis Intervention In-Service Training Curriculum (April 2022)
Crisis Intervention In-Service (Homelessness) Instructor Manual
Crisis Intervention In-Service (Homelessness) Lesson Plan
Notice Submitting City of Cleveland 2022 Training Plan and Needs Assessment (April 2022)
Notice Submitting Basic Training in Crisis Intervention for CDP Academy Recruits (April 2022)
Peace Officer Basic Training in Crisis Intervention
Notice Submitting City of Cleveland District Neighborhood Awareness Training Curricula (March 2022)
Memorandum Approving Bias-Free In-Service Training (Aug 2021)
Bias-Free In-Service Training 2021
Memorandum Approving Search & Seizure (S&S) In-Service Training (Aug 2021)
Memorandum Approving Use of Force (UOF) LMS Training (Aug 2021)
Memorandum Approving Crisis Intervention Data Collection Refresher Training (July 2021)
Memorandum Approving Force Investigation Team (FIT) Training Curriculum (June 2021)
Memorandum Approving Search and Seizure Training Curriculum (September 2019)
Memorandum Approving Specialized Crisis Intervention Team Officer Training Curriculum (July 2019)
Memorandum Approving 2019 Bias-Free Policing Training (July 2019)
2019 Bias-Free Training Curriculum
Memorandum Approving Third-Year Crisis Intervention In-Service Training Curriculum (June 2019)
Recognizing and Responding Effectively to Traumatized Youth
Memorandum Approving Use of Force and Community Engagement and Problem-Solving Training (April 2019)
2019 Use of Force Training Curriculum
2019 Community Engagement and Problem-Solving Training Curriculum
Memorandum Approving Supervisor Training Curriculum (February 2019)
Supervisor Training Curriculum
Second-Year Crisis Intervention Training Curriculum
Community Engagement and Problem-Solving Training Curriculum
Bias-Free Policing Training Curriculum
Order Approving First-Year Eight-Hour Crisis Intervention Training Curriculum (January 2018)
Memorandum Approving & Submitting Learning Management System Policy (March 2018)
Monitoring Plan
Status Report for 2024 Monitoring Plan
2024 Monitoring Plan (October 2024)
Notice Submitting 2024 Monitoring Plan
2024 Monitoring Plan (March 2024)
2022 Monitoring Plan - March 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023 (March 2022)
Memorandum to Court Regarding 2022 Monitoring Plan (March 2022)
2021 Monitoring Plan - March 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022 (February 2021)
Fourth-Year Monitoring Plan - February 1, 2019 - January 31, 2020 (March 2019)
Memorandum to Court Regarding Fourth-Year Monitoring Plan (March 2019)
Revised Third-Year Monitoring Plan - February 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019 (June 20, 2018)
Third-Year Monitoring Plan - February 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019 (March 30, 2018)
Memorandum to Court Regarding Third-Year Monitoring Plan (March 30, 2018)
Second-Year Monitoring Plan – February 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018 (March 14, 2017)
Memorandum to Court Regarding Second-Year Monitoring Plan (March 14, 2017)
Updated First-Year Monitoring Plan–November 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017 (November 1, 2016)
Final First-Year Monitoring Plan–February 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017 (February 1, 2016)
Proposed First-Year Monitoring Plan–Draft 1 (December 15, 2015)
Basic Documents
Second Modified Consent Decree (January 2024)
Second Modified Consent Decree - Edits Tracked (January 2024)
Modified Consent Decree (March 2022)
Modified Consent Decree - Edits Tracked (March 2022)
J. Solomon Oliver's Remarks Upon Approving the Consent Decree (June 2015)
Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police, U.S. Department of Justice (December 2014)
Monthly Statements
The Monitoring Team is committed to transparency with respect to the time and resources necessary to conduct its work. All members of the Team have expressed a personal commitment to providing a significant investment of pro bono time – donating notable amounts of their time as unbilled time to the City of Cleveland. The Team's monthly statements, which are reviewed and approved by the Department of Justice, City of Cleveland, and the Court, can be accessed here.
Press Statements
Statement by the Monitor, Karl A. Racine, Regarding the Hiring of Phillip McHugh
Links
Cleveland Community Police Commission