Cleveland, OH
Parents of slain police officer filed complaint against Cleveland Division of Police
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The family of a fallen Cleveland Police Officer, Jamieson Ritte, filed a complaint expressing their outrage over the way they were notified about their son’s death.
Officer Ritter was killed last July 4th while trying to make an arrest.
In the complaint filed with the Cleveland office of professional standards. The family says they should have been notified immediately after Jameison was shot. According to the letter, they were called three minutes *after he died. Over an hour from when the shooting happened, they were told over the phone about their son’s death.
Read complaint form and letter from below:
The family believes, according to police protocol, they should have been notified in person.
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