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Axios
22-05-2025
- Axios
Cleveland's 2025 summer safety plan looks to build on past success
The City of Cleveland is again prioritizing summer safety as we head into Memorial Day weekend. Why it matters: The emphasis on safety is welcomed following a crime-ridden summer in 2023 that included a high-profile mass shooting in the Warehouse District. Last year's inaugural Summer Safety Plan resulted in a 13% reduction in overall crime and a 37% drop in murders, compared to summer 2023. State of play: Mayor Justin Bibb unveiled this year's plan Tuesday alongside police chief Dorothy Todd. The program builds on last year's success and includes combined efforts across city agencies to crack down on housing and building code violations, create engagement programs for seniors and youth, increase street speed table installation and more. The big picture: The city will also continue its Raising Investment in Safety for Everyone initiative (RISE), which includes partnering with other law enforcement groups to patrol downtown and conduct warrant sweeps. RISE also helped the Division of Police add 134 recruits in 2024, its most since 2019. Earlier this week, the Cleveland City Council approved a new contract providing officers a 3% pay raise each year for the next three years. Zoom in: All aspects of the safety plan prioritize neighborhoods with higher crime rates, with more police and regular neighborhood walks to engage residents. "There's a small portion of our city that's responsible for a majority of violent crime," quoted Bibb as saying. "And so, we've identified those hot spots, and we're going to be doing neighborhood walks and have targeted law enforcement in those hot spots."
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
‘Absolute tragedy': Four dead in local crash
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) — Cleveland police are investigating a crash that left four people dead. It happened around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday along W. 106th Street between Western and Madison avenues. 4 charged in death of 5-year-old boy in hyperbaric chamber explosion Cleveland EMS said that four people, two males and two females, were confirmed dead at the scene. All of the victims were believed to be in their 20s, but later, Cleveland Chief of Police Dorothy Todd said the victims may be teenagers. Their names and exact ages were not immediately available. Cleveland police said the vehicle, a Hyundai Sonata, was stolen. According to Todd, the vehicle was reported stolen on February 27 from a home on Wichita Drive. She said the owner of the vehicle last saw it on the street in front of his home. It is unclear what caused the car to crash into a tree. Officials said the crash was not the result of a police chase. FOX 8 pictures and video from the scene show the car split into pieces and shattered when it slammed into the tree. The car was taken away in pieces on two different tow trucks, and chunks of the tree are missing. Embalmer charged with castrating sex offender's corpse FOX 8's Stacey Frey spoke with a neighbor, who said they heard a car racing down the street and then the violent crash. The Cleveland Division of Police Accident Investigation Unit was on the scene. So far, they report, the vehicle was traveling northbound at what 'appears to be excessive speed' when it lost control and went off the roadway, slightly colliding with a tree and eventually crashing into another tree. Police said that three of the occupants were thrown from the car. The driver was not. All four were pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles or homes on the street were hit. Big lottery win at local Giant Eagle 'This is an absolute tragedy to have 4 young people killed in this type of tragic accident,' Todd said during a press conference Wednesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
