Office of Professional Standards, City of Cleveland

09/21/2023

02/13/2023

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Agenda link:https://www.clevelandohio.gov/sites/default/files/ops_agenda/02%2014%2023%20CPRB%20Agenda.pdf

06/14/2022

Today our scheduled meeting was unable to proceed due to our Civilian Review Board (CPRB) not having quorum*. The board did not have the required 5 members in attendance.

Definition of Quorum- having enough members to legally conduct business.

We apologize if any members of the public joined us and were unclear why we could not proceed. Please join us for next month's meeting scheduled for July 12 at 9am.

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