CINCINNATI — The City of Cincinnati has settled with two police lieutenants who filed a lawsuit in 2021 alleging CPD's continued use of a 1981 consent decree — put in place to promote more Black and women officers — discriminated against white males.
Lt. Andrew Mitchell and Lt. David Schofield filed the suit when another lieutenant, who was Black, was scheduled to be promoted to captain.
While a federal judge ruled that the department's consent decree was no longer necessary because CPD has significantly improved the diversity of its police force, a U.S. District Court judge wrote in an opinion that the promotion of the Black lieutenant could move forward.
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Judge Michael R. Barrett said Mitchell and Schofield couldn't show they would suffer irreparable harm if a Black lieutenant were promoted while the lawsuit was ongoing.
In February, more than two years later, the city settled with Mitchell and Schofield, offering them $75,000 each in addition to attorney fees and costs.
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