The department’s internal affairs investigators and ethics officer are investigating officer Ismail Quran. Quran was hired in 2018 and was named the department’s Officer of the Year in 2019, Cleveland police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said.
Cleveland police officer Ismail Quran receives the Officer of the Year award during a ceremony in 2021. His social media posts are now the subject of an internal investigation, officials said.CLEVELAND, Ohio— Cleveland police officials launched an investigation into an officer’s anti-Semitic social media posts.
Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association president Jeff Follmer said in a text message that Quran is an asset to Cleveland and has assisted in many police investigations over the years. Canary Mission said in a statement that Quran’s posts glorified Adolf Hitler, defended the terrorist group Hamas, and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. He used anti-Semitic slurs in several posts and joined a Facebook group in 2017 that honored Osama bin Laden.
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