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Monitor Karl Racine said in a new progress report the city made no progress toward completing the consent decree during the second half of 2023.
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The change in discipline policy was one of the concessions Mayor Justin Bibb made to secure 12-hour shifts from Cleveland police unions.
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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.
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Cleveland officials, the police monitoring team and U.S. Department of Justice appeared in federal court Thursday for an update on the consent decree.
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The two finalists - Karl Racine and Renee Hall - are a former attorney general in Washington, D.C. and former police chief in Dallas.
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The companies, Hogan Lovells and J.S. Held, will appear at public forums in Cleveland next week. Whichever company is selected will take over the contract held by former monitor Hassan Aden.
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Bibb chose Leigh Anderson, an assistant professor with experience working on police oversight in several cities, to lead the office.
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Bell Hardaway began working with the Cleveland police monitoring team in 2015 and currently serves as deputy monitor.
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Aden has served as monitor for three years and spent two years as deputy monitor before that.
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The two sides are far apart on whether the city is making sufficient progress in addressing issues involving the excessive use of force by Cleveland police. It's ultimately up to a federal judge to decide when the city has met the terms of the consent decree.