CLEVELAND — The City of Cleveland has hired a new police monitor, according to court documents obtained by News 5.
Federal Judge Solomon Oliver approved the city's motion to hire the law firm Hogan Lovells as their third monitoring team and Karl Racine, the former Attorney General of Washington D.C., as the lead monitor.
The team will oversee Cleveland Police Department reforms that were mandated by the federal government eight years ago after an investigation found that Cleveland police engage in a pattern and practice of excessive force.
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A consent decree was issued by the Department of Justice in 2015 amid questionable use of force in the fatal police shootings of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams in what came to be known as the infamous “137 Shots” incident, which was the subject of a Netflix documentary in 2021.
The city had hoped that it would be in compliance with the terms of the decree and that it would have been lifted in five years. In 2018, city leaders realized the necessary reforms would not be possible within five years, and in 2022, the decree was extended for two more years.
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