The homicide unit is budgeted for 23 detectives. A recommendation from the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Public Safety Partnership recommends at least 38 detectives to investigate the growing number of homicides in Cleveland.
Years ago, the Cleveland Division of Police employed 1,600 officers.CLEVELAND, Ohio – As gun violence continues to spike in Cleveland, the number of detectives investigating slayings and shootings is dwindling.
The homicide unit has 16 detectives, three sergeants and a crime analyst. The unit is aided by an FBI analyst, a state crime analyst and an agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives, according to Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia, a spokeswoman the department. “Nobody has it easy right now in this police department as far as caseloads,” said Jeffrey Follmer, the president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association.
But as the numbers of people killed increase, the people seeking to become police officers has dropped. One class at the city’s police academy has just nine recruits, another 12. “It’s very difficult balancing with fewer detectives with special victims’ crime and homicide investigations, as they are the most serious crimes that can occur to a human being,” O’Malley wrote in an email to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
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