OPINION: It’s troubling that recent Cleveland Police Monitoring reports have found continuing failures to do more than cursory background checks on police applicants, both those being hired from outside & those transferring, writes Editorial Board
, where those who hired him seemed unaware of his background until residents protested. Loehmann, the rookie Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, bowed out of the Tioga job just days after his hiring had been approved.
to do more than cursory background checks on police applicants, both those being hired from outside and those transferring into the department. As of late May, the force was more than 15% below its target hiring level of 1,640 officers. And with other departments dangling four-figure hiring bonuses, more robust starting salaries or the promise of cushier duty,in 2022, cleveland.com’s Olivia Mitchell reported May 26.
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