Part 1: POLICE PROBING POLICE ABSOLVE THEMSELVES
When Cincinnati police investigate whether officers have used excessive force, they almost always find the same thing:
The cops did nothing wrong.
Only once in more than 1,400 cases involving police use of force and/or injuries to individuals arrested by police in 1995 and 1996 did police determine that excessive force was used, an Enquirer investigation found.
Yet in the files of the Cincinnati Police Division's Internal Investigation Section are numerous cases that raise serious questions about the reliability of those findings and the department's ability to police itself.
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Part 2: POLICE SUITS SETTLED CHEAPLY
Over the years, Cincinnati has managed to resolve its police problems cheaply, even when serious allegations of excessive force and brutality are alleged.
Even when civilians die at the hands of police, the premium set by the city or local juries on life is a fraction of the damages demanded.
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Part 3: POLICE-RACIAL ISSUES 'CAN BE WORKED OUT'
Somewhere in a city divided are solutions to deteriorating police-community relations. Finding them must start with dialogue, said Ted Jackson, president of the local chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and special agent in charge of Cincinnati's FBI office.
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Making of the series: 1,400 CASES REVIEWED
Reporters reviewed more than 1,400 police use of force reports, injury to prisoner reports, and Internal Investigations Section investigation files from 1995 and 1996.
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Police response: OFFICERS NAMED DON'T RESPOND
While Cincinnati Police Division officials agreed to interviews concerning these articles, The Enquirer was unable to interview 27 police officers, sergeants and lieutenants whose names and cases appear in the series.
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