Overview
- The city released an outside investigator’s nine-page report that concludes Chief Teresa Theetge has not been an effective leader of the Cincinnati Police Department.
- The review cites witness accounts that describe “old school” management, poor communication with command staff, a strong culture of retaliation, and trouble with collaboration and accountability.
- City Manager Sheryl Long said the process remains a personnel matter and that she will not comment further until a decision is made after reviewing the independent findings.
- Theetge’s attorney said she received the report along with a notice of a pre-disciplinary hearing before the City Manager and called the allegations false, warning previously that a lawsuit would follow any adverse action.
- Theetge has been on paid administrative leave since October with Adam Hennie serving as interim chief, and the city’s contract with the law firm that conducted the review reached its planned end date after prior extensions.