CINCINNATI — A judge has dismissed the attempt by Cincinnati's Fraternal Order of Police president to take legal action against judges within the Hamilton County juvenile court system.
In June, FOP president Ken Kober filed a grievance against juvenile Judge Kari Bloom, alleging ethical misconduct and saying judges were "putting the public in danger."
The Ohio Supreme Court has since determined Kober's claims were unfounded and dismissed the case.
Kober claimed Bloom personally filed a complaint about a CPD detective, calling it a "blatant attempt to interfere with current and future investigations into juvenile crime."
"I don't take these things lightly," Kober said.
He's asked the executive board for authority to file a disciplinary complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court.
Here is the Supreme Court of Ohio's findings on the matter:
In a letter to Kober, Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Karen H. Osmond said in part, "Your grievance failed to state a claim of ethical misconduct. One of the duties of a juvenile court judge is to protect the confidentiality of juvenile court proceedings. We do not believe Judge Bloom's inquiry regarding how a juvenile victim's mother obtained confidential information about the accused, who was also a juvenile, was inappropriate or a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct."
The grievance has been dismissed, and the file is now closed.
You can read more of our previous reporting from June below:
We asked Kober what led him to that decision.
"I was made aware from an investigator about 10 days ago that there was a complaint made against him," Kober said.
We obtained a copy of the documents Kober is referring to.
In an email from May 15, Bloom reached out to the assistant city manager's office regarding a detective sharing information with a victim's family.
Documents show that a District One commander looked into the incident, and reported to Chief Teresa Theetge that the detective was "proceeding with the official investigation appropriately and within the scope of the assignment."
"I'm all for accountability, but when you have people that are elected officials, that are judges that impact safety of the community that are filing baseless complaints against police officers, it's just something the FOP is not going to tolerate," Kober said.
We reached out to Bloom's office to ask for her response to these claims.
A juvenile court executive assistant told us that Bloom was unavailable to speak, and that she had not filed any complaints with CPD.
Kober told us he disagrees.
"You read the email," he said. "It accuses the officer of wrongdoing. At the end of the email it says please let me know how to proceed. So, whether you say the world complaint or not, when you're accusing an officer of wrongdoing, and asking them how to proceed. That to me is a complaint, and I think anyone with any amount of reasonableness is going to agree that is a complaint that has been filed."
Kober says the executive board will decide at its meeting on Monday whether to file a complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court.
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