Public Meetings Report for the week of January 22, 2024
❄️🏛️Before the snow hit last week, Documenters caught a flurry of local government action, including Fourth Amendment concerns with the Cleveland police ShotSpotter policy, about $1.4 million set for community-based justice efforts in Cuyahoga County, and $1.35 million moved forward for an adult guardianship program. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode. 👇🏿👂🏿🎧📻
Listen to this week’s Public Meetings Report here:
The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:
- Tina Scott
- Christina Easter
- Marcy Clark
- Stésià Swain
- Barbara Phipps
- Tim Zelina
Their work has been compiled this week by Anastazia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.
Show Notes:
Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:
- About $1.4 million teed up for community-based justice efforts in Cuyahoga County, Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee, Cuyahoga County Council, January 16, 2024
- Cuyahoga County needs more guardians for adults, advocate says Health, Human Services & Aging Committee, Cuyahoga County Council, January 17, 2024
- Cleveland ShotSpotter policy may violate Fourth Amendment rights, work group says Community Police Commission, Police Policy Committee, January 17, 2024
Documenters coverage:
- Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee Notes and Live Tweets, Cuyahoga County Council, January 16, 2024
- Community Police Commission, Police Policy Committee Notes and Live-Tweets – January 17, 2024
- Health, Human Services & Aging Committee Notes and Live-Tweets, Cuyahoga County Council, January 17, 2024
Signal Cleveland reporting:
- ShotSpotter in Cleveland: What To Know
- Clevelanders, what do you want to ask candidates for judge? by Signal Cleveland and The Marshall Project
- Cleveland City Council bans ‘frivolous or repetitive’ public comments in new rules by Nick Castele
- ‘Scabby the Rat’ inflatable is more than a union prop by Olivera Perkins
- Cleveland’s police oversight executive back to work as investigation into employee complaints continues by Dakotah Kennedy
- Cleveland targets out-of-town investors with tougher housing code overhaul by Nick Castele
- New chat service guides people facing felony charges through the legal process by Stephanie Casanova
Recordings:
- Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee, Cuyahoga County Council, January 16, 2024
- Police Policy Committee, Community Police Commission, January 17, 2024
- Health, Human Services & Aging Committee, Cuyahoga County Council, January 17, 2024
Other resources:
- HOW TO BECOME A CLEVELAND DOCUMENTER
- Cleveland City Council
- Cleveland Community Police Commission
- Court Community Service Inc.
- Community Corrections Program
- Applewood Centers Inc.
- What is a general police order (GPO)?
- Cleveland’s search and seizure policy
- Community Police Commission agenda – January 24, 2024
- Cuyahoga County Council
- Cuyahoga County Corrections Planning Board
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry’s FAQ on the guardianship program
The Public Meetings Report is a weekly audio rundown of what happened in local government meetings here in Greater Cleveland – in five minutes or less! The show is based on the work of Cleveland Documenters – residents like you who are trained and paid to document these meetings for the public. Produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.
