Citizen Complaint Authority /tags/citizen-complaint-authority Citizen Complaint Authority en-US Copyright Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:39:59 GMT Cincinnati's police oversight board has a permanent director for the first time in 2+ years /local-news/2025-08-25/cincinnati-citizen-complaint-authority-john-kennedy-jr The Citizen Complaint Authority has been without a permanent director since August 2023. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:39:59 GMT /local-news/2025-08-25/cincinnati-citizen-complaint-authority-john-kennedy-jr Becca Costello Police chief answers community questions about police-involved shooting of Ryan Hinton /local-news/2025-05-16/cincinnati-police-chief-questions-police-shooting-ryan-hinton Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge spoke in a virtual public meeting Friday about the police shooting of an 18-year-old earlier this month. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:39:03 GMT /local-news/2025-05-16/cincinnati-police-chief-questions-police-shooting-ryan-hinton Becca Costello Cincinnati's police oversight board made recommendations. CPD has agreed to more than half of them /politics/2023-07-20/cincinnati-police-oversight-board-patterns-recommendations-report That’s one finding in the Citizen Complaint Authority's latest "Patterns and Recommendations" report, covering 2021 and 2022. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:40:15 GMT /politics/2023-07-20/cincinnati-police-oversight-board-patterns-recommendations-report Becca Costello Director of Cincinnati's police oversight board resigns to lead a statewide nonprofit law firm /politics/2023-07-10/gabe-davis-cincinnati-police-oversight-board-ohio-justice-policy-center Gabe Davis will be the new CEO of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center. Cincinnati City Manager Sheryl Long says she'll conduct a nationwide search for a new director of the Citizen Complaint Authority. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:54:19 GMT /politics/2023-07-10/gabe-davis-cincinnati-police-oversight-board-ohio-justice-policy-center Becca Costello Cincinnati's police oversight board on track to clear backlog within a year, even as complaints go up /local-news/2023-01-24/cincinnatis-police-oversight-board-clear-backlog Cincinnati’s independent police oversight board nearly doubled the number of completed investigations last year. The Citizen Complaint Authority has been digging out of a backlog of hundreds of cases for several years. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 20:11:06 GMT /local-news/2023-01-24/cincinnatis-police-oversight-board-clear-backlog Becca Costello Police oversight board completed 70% more investigations last year /local-news/2022-07-12/police-oversight-board-completed-70-more-investigations-last-year Cincinnati’s independent police oversight board completed nearly 80 investigations into officer misconduct last year. That’s over 70% more than the year before, as the Citizen Complaint Authority tries to get through a huge backlog in cases. Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:02:54 GMT /local-news/2022-07-12/police-oversight-board-completed-70-more-investigations-last-year Becca Costello Cincinnati's police oversight board on track to clear backlog of complaint cases /local-news/2022-06-28/cincinnati-police-oversight-board-on-track-clear-backlog-complaint-cases The city’s independent police oversight board investigates complaints against officers of the Cincinnati Police Department. Years of underfunding caused a backlog of over a hundred cases more than a year old. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:04:32 GMT /local-news/2022-06-28/cincinnati-police-oversight-board-on-track-clear-backlog-complaint-cases Becca Costello Cincy's police oversight board was sued over a recording policy. That policy is now reversed /politics/2022-01-30/cincinnati-police-oversight-board-sued-recording-policy-reversed Cincinnati's independent police oversight board now allows anyone being interviewed during an investigation to make their own audio recording of the conversation. The previous policy is the subject of a lawsuit filed by FOP President Dan Hils last year. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:17:47 GMT /politics/2022-01-30/cincinnati-police-oversight-board-sued-recording-policy-reversed Becca Costello FOP President Suing Police Oversight Board Over Interview Recording Policy /local-news/2021-07-16/fop-president-suing-police-oversight-board-over-interview-recording-policy A federal lawsuit claims a new Cincinnati Citizen Complaint Authority policy is unconstitutional. FOP President Dan Hils filed the lawsuit Thursday night… Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:06:28 GMT /local-news/2021-07-16/fop-president-suing-police-oversight-board-over-interview-recording-policy Becca Costello Here's What's New With Cincinnati's Police Accountability Efforts /local-news/2021-06-22/heres-whats-new-with-cincinnatis-police-accountability-efforts This year, Cincinnati observed the 20th anniversary of the police killing of Timothy Thomas, which eventually led to a series of reforms collectively… Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT /local-news/2021-06-22/heres-whats-new-with-cincinnatis-police-accountability-efforts Michael Monks