CLEVELAND – Dozens of Cleveland police cadets hopped on a bus headed toward Columbus early Wednesday for the department’s first ever training outside the city.
The 50 cadets making the two-hour drive south boarded the bus around 5:30 a.m.
They will receive 16 weeks of training at Ohio State Highway Patrol’s academy and then return to Cleveland to learn the city’s rules and regulations.
A Cuyahoga County judge made the call last week, saying cadets need to start training so the department is prepared to provide security during the Republican National Convention next summer and also to meet requirements imposed by the U.S. Department of Justice after it found Cleveland’s police officers are poorly trained.
