In May, a federal judge ruled that California’s Oakland Police Department could end 20 years of oversight after completing a one-year probationary period. It took the Detroit Police Department 13 years to be freed from oversight in 2016. In 2013, a federal judge ended the oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department - 12 years after its consent decree started. The police department was noncompliant in many areas at the end of 2021, records show.Ī consent decree’s oversight ends when a federal judge says it does, and it can take longer than the seven years Cleveland’s police force has been under a judge’s jurisdiction. Cleveland is required to enact dozens of changes in categories including use-of-force procedures, enhanced training, internal investigations and de-escalating situations involving mental health and substance abuse. It will be years before the impact of the consent decree on future lawsuits becomes clear.Ĭonsent decrees are the federal government’s most widely-used tool to force cities with histories of abusive policing to change their ways.

Some lawsuits settled in recent years are for misconduct that happened decades ago. The department paid more than $18 million in settlements and judgments in 2020, the most recent year available. Instead, it created a blueprint to repair community relationships and overhaul how officers frequently used excessive force on residents.Ĭleveland has its share of national notoriety for police killings: Officers shot Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams 137 times during a car chase in 2012, and an officer shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun at a park in 2014. Department of Justice in 2015 did not assign guilt or liability. The consent decree agreed upon between the Cleveland Division of Police and the U.S. This article was published in partnership with The Land, Scene, Ideastream, The Real Deal Press, Cleveland Observer, WOVU.

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