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Cleveland Police Union Says Federal Reforms Endanger Officers

The head of the Cleveland police department's patrol union said aspects of the agreement that mandates sweeping reforms to the city's police department could put officers in danger.

May 29, 2015

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Cleveland to Overhaul Police Use-of-Force Policy Under Federal Consent Decree

Officers will be held to higher standards on unholstering and firing their weapons and no longer will be allowed to use their guns to strike suspects as they would with a baton.

May 26, 2015

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53 Protesters Arrested in Cleveland Officer Acquittal Demonstrations Released

Fifty-three men and women arrested Saturday in Cleveland during protests of the acquittal of a Cleveland police officer who faced manslaughter charges from a 2012 shooting have been released from jail.

May 25, 2015

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Video: Cleveland Officer Acquitted of Charges from 2012 Car Chase Shootings

A judge ruled Saturday morning that a Cleveland police officer is not guilty of two charges of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the Nov. 29, 2012 police chase and shooting that ended in the deaths of two people.

May 23, 2015

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Muslim Woman Receives Other Offers After Quitting Ohio Police Academy Over Hijab Policy

If the Columbus (Ohio) Police Division doesn't change its policy banning head scarves for female Muslim officers, Ismahan Isse might have a couple of options outside Ohio.

May 7, 2015

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Ohio Officer's Car Hit by Gunfire on Freeway

A Columbus, Ohio, police officer’s car was hit by bullets on an east Columbus freeway Sunday around 3:15 a.m.

April 27, 2015

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Video: Ohio Officer Praised for Holding Fire During Attempted Suicide-by-Cop Incident

The New Richmond Police Department Web site says Kidder had been sworn in to join the village police force last April 16, after serving in Iraq as a Marine. One year later, he found himself facing his toughest police challenge so far. Kidder said dispatchers warned him Wilcox could try to force a "suicide by cop."

April 19, 2015

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Cleveland Officer Feared For His Life in 2012 Shooting

A Cleveland police officer feared that his life and the lives of fellow officers were in danger when he fired the final shots of a barrage of police gunfire that killed two unarmed suspects, his attorney said today during opening statements in the patrolman’s trial.

April 6, 2015

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Cleveland PD Consent Decree Monitor Sought

The U.S. Justice Department and city of Cleveland have taken the first steps toward finding an independent monitor to ensure that the city complies with the terms of an anticipated consent decree addressing the use of excessive force by Cleveland police.

March 31, 2015

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Akron Police Hunt Serial Pooper

Akron, Ohio, officers are searching for someone they say has defecated on 19 parked cars in driveways since May 2012.

March 12, 2015

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Video: Bus Passengers Assist State Trooper Under Attack

The video, shot from inside the bus, shows Taylor pinning Trooper Winans near a guardrail and punching her and pulling her hair. Passengers inside call on others to help.

March 10, 2015

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Video: Cleveland Blames Boy for Own Death, Then Apologizes

Mayor Frank Jackson of Cleveland apologized for the language in the city's response to the civil lawsuit filed by the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Jackson called the document's phrasing inappropriate and insensitive to Rice and his family.

March 2, 2015