CLEVELAND – Cleveland police sources confirm to WKYC that outspoken union president Steve Loomis has been ousted in a union member vote Tuesday. He will be replaced in January by Det. Jeff Follmer, who had formerly served as union president. Loomis has served as police union president from 2006 to 2011, and began his latest […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association is set to announce it will back city councilman, Zack Reed for Cleveland mayor. Reed snagged the No. 2 spot in the mayoral primary in September and will face the incumbent, Mayor Frank Jackson in the general election. Sources confirmed the CPPA will support the challenger and plans to make the […]
The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association will no longer take part in the Browns’ opening day ceremonies on Sept. 10, according to Union President Steve Loomis. Members of the union had been scheduled to help hold the American flag before the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, along with military members and other law enforcement officers. However, after several […]
A Cleveland police officer has died after being hit by a car on Interstate 90 near the Warren Road exit, according to Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association president Steve Loomis. The westbound lanes of the highway are currently closed at McKinley Avenue. Police said the officer was struck by a white Toyota Camry that took off […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Earlier this month the Cleveland Community Police Commission asked Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis to voluntarily resign or be removed from the Commission on Consent Decree Authorities following his six day suspension from the police force. Loomis responded last week saying ‘no’. His reasons are listed below in a […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Recently, for the first time in the organization’s history, some of the members of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association took a vote on whom to back in the presidential election. As a result, the CPPA endorsed controversial GOP candidate Donald Trump. That vote and the results are not sitting well with members […]
Blocking the street in front of Cleveland’s major police union, demonstrators who weren’t on board with a big decision from Cleveland’s Police Patrolmen’s Association, protested. In an unprecedented move to support a US Presidential candidate, the CPPA voted to endorse Donald Trump. The results came down early Saturday morning with 216 members voting for Trump […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association calls the firings of six Cleveland officers “politically motivated.” Six Cleveland police officers were fired Tuesday. The firings come as a result of the administrative discipline hearings for the 13 Cleveland police officers involved in the deadly November 2012 police chase and shooting. 6 CLE officers fired after deadly 2012 police chase, shooting The officers […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association says before any judgement is made, the community should wait until investigation into Saturday’s deadly, police-involved shooting is complete and evidence is unveiled. The officer who shot Tamir Rice did not know the boy was just 12 years old, according to the president of CPPA, […]
The Cleveland Police Union president says he’s received hundreds of complaint emails and calls from the rank and file members. He did not ask…