I-Team: Questions surround Cleveland Community Police Commission ‘mixer’

(WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has found questions surrounding a meet and greet “mixer” scheduled by the Cleveland Community Police Commission , including a snag in getting permission to hold the event inside City Hall.

This Friday, the commission has planned, what it calls, a “Grantee Mixer” in the City Hall Rotunda — an event for organizations that have received grant money from the commission to work in the community on mediation, violence prevention, and restorative justice.

But, as of last Friday, days before the event, the commission still did not have approval from the city to use the Rotunda. The mayor’s office told the I-Team that the application for the event was “incomplete,” so a permit could not be issued yet.

Additionally, the mayor’s office told the I-Team that the event is expected to include food served by a caterer. But, Interim Executive Director Jason Goodrick said, “We haven’t spent any money. We don’t have any vendors.”

The commission has made headlines for infighting and, sometimes, loud and heated meetings while not considering any cases.

Voters approved having the commission oversee Cleveland police discipline, and mor e, and members of the group were nominated to the commission in 2022.

But, after all of this time, the commission still has not heard any cases.

As for the event scheduled this week, Jason Goodrick told the I-Team, that the Commission had awarded grants to more than two dozen organizations. And, he said, “The idea was to get everybody in a room to meet each other.” He added, that the commission is working to finalize its procedures to start hearing cases.

The FOX 8 I-Team will check back to see if the commission does all it needs to do to hold that event this week at City Hall that’s just days away.

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