Just weeks after a federal judge extended Cleveland's consent decree another two years, the head of the monitoring team is expected to resign.
According to sources, police monitor Hassan Aden will step down today during a 4 p.m. phone conference with federal Judge Solomon Oliver Jr., who oversees Cleveland's consent decree.
Aden worked at the Alexandria Police Department in Virginia and also served as police chief in Greenville, North Carolina. He has worked on consent decree teams in both Baltimore and Seattle.Cleveland city officials did not respond to our request for comment. The most recent semiannual report, a 144-page document released last month, found that Cleveland Police are still struggling to hold officers accountable and meet standards spelled out in the consent decree.
You can watch more about the judge's decision to extend the city's consent decree in the player below: