OSHP can train Cleveland police cadets, judge rules

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Cleveland can proceed with plans to have 50 police cadets receive the bulk of their training at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy in Columbus, a judge ruled Friday.

The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association sued in September to keep training in Cleveland after city officials signed an agreement with the state to have the Highway Patrol train the cadets.

The judge found that the police union did not show that it would be harmed if the training occurred in Columbus, according to Cleveland.com.

The Highway Patrol has received a federal grant to pay for the cadets’ training, which will start Wednesday. The cadets will attend 16 weeks of training in Columbus and then return to Cleveland for an additional five weeks of classes, a city spokesman said Friday.