Cleveland to announce who will monitor its police reforms

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland officials and the U.S. Justice Department are ready to announce the monitor chosen to oversee reforms in the city’s troubled police department.

The mayor, police chief and U.S. attorney in Cleveland scheduled the announcement for today after a judge granted an extra week to select a monitor.

The monitor will oversee implementation of a reform-minded agreement between Cleveland and the Justice Department. That consent decree was finalized after a Justice Department report concluded Cleveland police too often use excessive force and violate people’s civil rights.

Twenty-three firms and people applied to be the monitor.

The city’s rough estimates predict implementing the plan will cost tens of millions of dollars over several years.