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Community newspapers engage with city officials in roundtable discussion on police pursuit policy

Republished with permission from the Plain Press ⋅ NOVEMBER 29, 2017

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, October 10, 2017; Neighborhood Media community newspaper press conference and round-table discussion about Cleveland Police pursuit policy, Visible Voice Books, 2258 Professor Avenue: Cleveland Police Department Motorcycle Unit Police Officer Frank Leyva and Sergeant Dennis Lally display their new off road vehicles, helmets and protective gear. Three motor bikes, (BMW GS650), were purchased by the Cleveland Police Department to use to engage off road vehicles in Cleveland, said Cleveland Traffic Commissioner James P. Muhic.

(Plain Press, November 2017)      On October 10th, at Visible Voice Books in the Tremont neighborhood, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, Cleveland Traffic Commissioner James P. Muhic and Ward 3 Councilman Kerry McCormack joined representatives of community newspapers in a press conference and roundtable discussion concerning the Cleveland Police Department’s pursuit policy.

Rich Weiss, publisher of The Tremonster and Executive Director of Neighborhood Media, organized the press conference. Weiss explained that at several meetings of block clubs in Tremont, Cleveland Police Officers had referred to “a no pursuit policy.” Weiss asked if there was such a policy in Cleveland.

Mayor Frank Jackson said the City of Cleveland had an “appropriate pursuit policy.” He said, “As you know, a pursuit can end in disaster for those doing the pursuit, those being pursued and those people caught up in the pursuit.” He said there are different rules for different types of pursuits, but “There is no blanket do not pursue policy.”

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