Cleveland Community Police Commission

The 13-member Community Police Commission's most recent meeting was derailed after a dispute over naming a permanent executive director.

City councilmembers focused on the commission's $1 million grantmaking fund at a committee meeting Wednesday. City agencies needs council approval for expenditures over $50,000.

The report from the Community Police Commission found the city has completed about 39% of reforms under the consent decree, down 3 points from the previous report.

Council signed off on Mayor Justin Bibb's ten nominees with little pushback.

Activists say Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb did not follow the charter amendment that created the new Community Police Commission when he chose the members.

Consent decrees force cities to change abusive police tactics. But Cleveland still has work to do.

Cleveland police have specially trained crisis intervention officers and a co-responder pilot program; advocates want more.

Before a new CPC is put in place with sweeping powers over police discipline, policy and training, Clevelanders talked to Ideastream about what they hope the new commission will accomplish.

The CPC will have sweeping powers over police discipline, policy and training. But it will decide on its own how and when to use those powers.

Charlotte Perkins has run R-Cap private security on Cleveland's East Side for 22 years.