Overview
- U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver has mandated monthly meetings to accelerate compliance with the 10-year-old Cleveland police reform consent decree.
- The City of Cleveland is disputing approximately 30% of the monitoring team’s recent billing, including $35,000 in charges over four months.
- City officials have filed a motion seeking a clearer grading methodology from the monitoring team to assess police compliance under the decree.
- Monitoring team members accuse the city of undermining the independence and funding of oversight bodies, including the Office of Professional Standards and Community Police Commission.
- All parties, including the city, monitoring team, and Department of Justice, have expressed support for the judge’s directive to resolve procedural and financial conflicts more efficiently.