Matthew Richmond
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Police, courts, radio and writing
Education: University of Southern California - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: In a kayak near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
Experience:
Matthew Richmond has worked as a journalist since 2011, first as a stringer in South Sudan, then as a public radio radio reporter in upstate New York covering hydrofracking before arriving in Cleveland in 2016.
Highlights:
- 2022 & 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Criminal Justice Reporting
- Reporting fellow for "Guns & America" - a public media reporting project focused on firearms, their role and history in U.S. society and the laws surrounding their distribution and possession in Ohio and nationwide
- Reporting on the criminal justice system in Northeast Ohio, with a particular focus on policing, prosecutors and responses to violent crime
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Cleveland's Law Director Mark Griffin told a federal judge the city halted access to monitors because the city records systems include information from a state database. -
Members of council's safety committee questioned Chief Dorothy Todd and Cleveland's interim safety director about whether the gunshot detection technology is worth the cost. -
Michael O'Malley and Matthew Ahn are running in the Democratic primary for Cuyahoga County prosecutor on March 19. -
The promotions of Kevin Kincaid and Ralph Valentino to commander of the Bureau of Special Services and Fourth District were changed to interim. -
Howard was first appointed to the role in 2020. The resignation is effective immediately. -
O'Malley described a request, in a set of draft questions for a public candidates forum, to pledge to send money from his office to an outside trauma care organization as "extortion." -
The ATF is hoping to open a crime gun intelligence center in Northeast Ohio in the spring, Dettelbach said. -
An opinion from outside counsel hired by the commission raised doubts about whether Bibb had the authority to reject the CPC's choice for its executive director. -
The infractions, which occurred repeatedly during 2021 and 2022, led to letters of reinstruction for all but one of the officers. -
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel launched a Safety Patrol in August to address a spike in violent crime in Downtown Cleveland.
