Cleveland police have backlog of complaints against officers
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Cleveland police are still dealing with a backlog of several hundred unresolved citizen complaints against officers as the department prepares to start training on a new policy about how officers use force.
Cleveland.com (http://bit.ly/2ilLxAy ) reports the Office of Professional Standards has a backlog of 439 cases dating to 2014.
The independent monitor overseeing an agreement to reform the police department discussed the issue with City Council members last week.
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Monitor Matthew Barge says investigators in the standards office have operated without a manual or codified procedures for years. He says a draft of such guidance is pending.
The discussion came after a court recently approved the department's new policy on when officers can use force. Barge says police plan to put the policy into action within six months.
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Information from: cleveland.com, http://www.cleveland.com