Mark Puente, Author at The Land

Mark Puente

Mark Puente is a staff writer leading investigative reporting efforts for The Marshall Project – Cleveland. Puente, a former truck driver, has worked for The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, The Baltimore Sun, the Tampa Bay Times and the Los Angeles Times. Puente is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Cleveland has spent millions on police cameras. Why are the locations a secret?

By Rachel Dissell & Mark Puente ● Public Safety ● September 28, 2022

Cleveland has spent over $7 million on surveillance cameras, but doesn’t share where the cameras are or how they’re used. The city cites citizen safety as a reason for shielding information, but has no policies on use of surveillance technology.

Cleveland Police hiring practices are ‘alarming’ and ‘disturbing,’ Feds say

By Mark Puente ● Public Safety ● September 22, 2022

City leaders want federal oversight to end, but the monitor appointed under a 2015 consent decree says Cleveland police are not compliant in “significant and critical areas.”

Federal oversight of police has cost Cleveland millions. What changed?

By Mark Puente & Cid Standifer ● Government ● September 12, 2022

Cleveland’s police force remains under federal oversight mandated by a 2015 consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. Consent decrees force cities to change abusive police tactics. But Cleveland still has work to do.

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Cleveland has spent millions on police cameras. Why are the locations a secret?

Cleveland Police hiring practices are ‘alarming’ and ‘disturbing,’ Feds say

Federal oversight of police has cost Cleveland millions. What changed?