CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association is suing the City of Cleveland over changes to cadet training.
The CPPA says it was "...forced to file suit against the City of Cleveland unilaterally entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Ohio Highway Patrol to farm out the training for our next Cleveland Police cadet class."
The CPPA says this will require cadets to live in a military-type environment for four months in Columbus.
Steve Loomis, president of the CPPA, released a statement Wednesday:
The CPPA has been forced to file suit against the City of Cleveland for unilaterally entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Ohio Highway Patrol to farm out the training of our next Cleveland Police cadet class.
This will require cadets who have already invested time and money to become Cleveland Police Officers to literally move and live in a military type environment for 4 months in Columbus, Ohio. This is extremely unfair to this and future cadet classes and will severely diminish the recruitment, including minority recruitment efforts by the City of Cleveland. All of which was done without consultation of City Council, the Civil Service Commission, and/or the CPPA.
This apparent cost saving measure is not reasonably related to the duties and responsibilities the City has to provide for the safety & well-being of its Citizenry. It also Violates Federal & State Law.
