Mayor Justin Bibb on Thursday said the commission failed to use a transparent hiring process, and cited recent conflict among the 13-member body .
Members of the Cleveland Community Police Commission met at Towards Employment, Inc. in Cleveland on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. From left: Shandra Benito, Piet van Lier, Jan Ridgeway, Gregory Reaves, Sharena Zayed, and Teri Wang.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb on Thursday rejected the Community Police Commission’s nominee to be its executive director. He said the commission failed to use a transparent hiring process, and cited recent conflict among the 13-member body .
“Issue 24 provided a clean slate for the CPC, and I am now concerned that the issues that plagued its previous iteration continue to do so today,” Bibb said in a Thursday letter to the commission. “Under Mr. Goodrick’s tenure as Interim Executive Director, there has been significant internal conflict, a loss of confidence, and insufficient progress. This is not the fresh start voters envisioned.”
“Regrettably, it does not appear that the CPC followed through with its plans to conduct such an open and public process. Instead, the CPC has submitted a nomination of the current interim Executive Director. It is not clear what process the Commission followed to get to this nomination, which is to say that it could not have been transparent and inclusive of community input,” Bibb’s letter states.
Bibb, in his letter, recommended the commission “follow through with the transparent and inclusive selection process it committed to earlier this year.” He suggested the commission eventually nominate two or three candidates, which would allow him a choice in selecting the executive director.
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