The civil unrest in 2001 sparked by the deaths of Black men at the hands of Cincinnati police did more than grab international attention. It also accelerated advocates' efforts for systemic reforms to the city's police department.
Those reforms, mandated by federal courts after the unrest, became known as the Collaborative Agreement. Cincinnati has received national praise for the agreement, but its component parts are sometimes not well understood. And a 2017 effort to update the Collaborative Agreement has left questions about whether it is being administered as intended.
Joining Cincinnati Edition to talk about police reform are Cincinnati Black United Front Member and Collaborative Agreement Project Manager Iris Roley; Friedman, Gilbert and Gerhardstein Attorney and Partner Al Gerhardstein; Cincinnati City Manager Paula Boggs Muething; and Senior Assistant City Solicitor Emily Woerner.
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