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Cleveland Heights Police Chief Rebukes Mayor Seren’s Allegations

Chief Chris Britton issued a public four-page statement Wednesday denouncing Mayor Seren’s allegations as false, reaffirming county prosecutor reviews of his wife’s trespassing incident alongside the hidden-laptop probe

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Overview

  • Chief Chris Britton said he was barred from Mayor Seren’s July 31 press conference, prompting him to publish a four-page written rebuttal.
  • Britton labelled many of the mayor’s statements as “flat out false and self-serving” and said they undermined public confidence in the department.
  • He defended Sergeant Jason Moze’s December 2024 body-camera activation as consistent with policy and criticized the mayor’s subsequent felony wiretapping allegations.
  • Britton disputed suggestions of racial bias within CHPD officers as baseless and argued they distracted from deeper leadership and governance conflicts.
  • The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office continues investigating both the trespassing incident involving Natalie McDaniel and the alleged clandestine recording by the mayor’s laptop.