CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Tenth Judicial District Attorney Steve Crump spoke highly of the Cleveland Police Department’s relationship with his office in a Wednesday meeting with assessors of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
CALEA representatives have been examining the Cleveland Police Department this week as part of the organization’s voluntary program, which includes adherence to more than 400 “state-of-the-art” national standards, said Sgt. Scott Bronze, accreditation manager for the police department.
On Wednesday, Crump addressed the assessors in a sparsely attended public meeting.
“Overall, our experience with them has been very positive,” Crump said. He cited more than 20 years of personal experience with Cleveland police, including time he spent as a defense attorney and as an assistant district attorney.
Crump praised the police department for “adequately, and most of the time more than adequately” providing case files detailing factual groundwork for criminal charges and for displaying a willingness to learn new techniques and “take the lead in difficult situations.”