CLEVELAND – The City of Cleveland has terminated 15 police academy cadets accused of cheating and plagiarizing notes in a notebook used during the police academy. In letters sent to the 15 terminated recruits, the city contends that they violated policy by submitting typed, plagiarized notes in the Basic Police Academy notebook, thereby failing the […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Police Department said 42 new officers will be assigned to neighborhood districts on basic patrol. The officers were sworn in on Friday. Police anticipate they will hire 150 more officers in 2018 and additional 100 more officers in the beginning of 2019. Anyone who is interested in joining the police […]

While Cleveland Chief of Police Calvin Williams told the City Council the Division of Police is hiring officers as quickly as they possibly can, some elected leaders are still saying the Ohio State Highway Patrol is needed to keep Cleveland’s streets safe. A shootout in the middle of the day in December was the last […]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Judge Carolyn Friedland ruled in favor of the City of Cleveland Friday, allowing Cleveland police cadet training to move to Columbus. The ruling lifted the temporary restraining order she issued last week, which blocked the city’s plan to move training to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Training Academy. Friedland said the […]

The United States military, for the first time, is allowing its recruiters to accept openly gay and lesbian applicants.