Shaker Heights amends Flock contract following scrutiny over immigration-related searches

News 5 Cleveland (Investigations) 6/19 9:24A Joe Donatelli

The City of Shaker Heights announced that it is restricting access to its Flock license plate readers. The move follows a change in policy by the police department after it was revealed that numerous outside agencies were using the companys...

Cleveland police release details of chaotic series of events that left 5 officers injured

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 5/27 8:16A Maya Morita

Cleveland police have released new information about the chaotically violent series of events that left five officers and another man injured over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, officers were flagged down by three males in the area of East...

Flock Safety insists it's not mass surveillance; critics aren't convinced

News 5 Cleveland (Investigations) 5/22 11:07A Tara Morgan

Flock Safety insists it cant track people, but people fighting to get the technology out of the city of Cleveland and neighboring suburbs arent convinced, calling it mass surveillance. Flock spokesman Paris Lewbel defended the technology after...

Is your child an online hacker? You might be surprised, as so many other families are.

News 5 Cleveland (Investigations) 4/14 12:00A Jonathan Walsh

Parents, heres a question for you. What would you do if you found out your child is a criminal hacker? More and more families are finding themselves in the middle of investigations after young hackers find ways of extorting big-time money, like...

Cleveland schools spent $272K on an HR consultant to plan layoffs, reassignments

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 4/9 11:19A Sarah Buduson

As teachers and staff brace for layoff notices, News 5 Investigators uncovered the Cleveland Metropolitan School District spent $272,000 on an HR consultant to create a staffing plan as part of its Building Brighter Futures consolidation plan....