CLEVELAND — Multiple law enforcement sources tell the Fox 8 I-Team that Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis has been involved in a serious accident. It happened just before 5:45 p.m. near East 89th Street and Buckeye Avenue. Details about the crash were not immediately available, but sources say two cars were involved, and […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police Patrolman Association President Steve Loomis will respond Tuesday afternoon to the disciplinary actions handed down earlier in the day against Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. WATCH LIVE HERE City officials and the Cleveland Police Department announced that Loehmann would be fired immediately and Garmback will serve a 10-day suspension. Their discipline stemmed from the Nov. 22, […]
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- The FOX 8 I-TEAM has learned Cleveland Police Union President Steve Loomis has been hit with a 6-day suspension. A disciplinary notice from the chief’s office says it is for “improper conduct.” An internal charge for “physical confrontation” was dismissed. This relates back to a confrontation off duty at the union hall between Loomis […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – For the first time in the organization’s history, the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association will be endorsing a candidate for president of the United States. The organization’s members voted on which candidate to endorse Friday from noon to midnight. The decision to endorse someone was also voted on, passing 44-2 in a recent […]
BROOK PARK, Ohio– Republican candidate Donald Trump visited Northeast Ohio on Labor Day. Trump was with running mate Mike Pence at a morning round-table discussion with union members in Brook Park. Trump talked manufacturing. “We will get our jobs back and we will stop companies from leaving. Trade is a one-way street and it’s leading us to the poor […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland branch of NAACP wants police union president Steve Loomis to step down from the Cleveland Community Police Commission. The recently-formed commission is made up up of ten civilian representatives and one representative each from the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Black Shield. The […]
CLEVELAND — Experts are weighing in on the grand jury’s decision to not indict the two Cleveland police officers involved in the Tamir Rice shooting. Rice, 12, was shot and killed by an officer at the Cudell Recreation Center. Rice was holding an airsoft gun that lacked the orange safety tip. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis and Ohio […]