A mass shooting in Cleveland's Warehouse District has drawn attention to ongoing staffing concerns within the Cleveland Division of Police.
Nine people were taken to the hospital after a shooting that took place early Sunday morning at West 6th Street and Johnson Court in the Warehouse District, according to police.A Cleveland police spokesperson said there are currently 1,236 patrol officers and administrators on the department's staff, which is 229 less than in the city's 2022 budget.Prior to 2022, the city budgeted for more than 1,600 officers.
However, Drummond said the Warehouse District specialty unit was properly staffed when a gunman opened fire.Henry Hilow, attorney for the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, which represents the city's police officers, disagreed with Drummond's assessment."They're overworked. They're understaffed. If you have that problem, you know what the problem is; it's your responsibility to correct it," Hilow said.There are currently two Cleveland police classes.
"We have urgency to invest in our police, to make sure we have enough cops to keep our community safe and secure," Bibb said."We're going to continue to make additional investments in police and law enforcement and be as aggressive as we can to cut down on gang activity, cut down on drug activity, and get as many guns as we can off our street."
However, when a reporter pressed him about how he would accomplish those goals in light of staffing shortages in the city's specialty police units, Bibb refused to respond.
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