WOIO reporter didn’t understand warrantless pursuit law and her conclusions are wrong
CLEVELAND, OH – WOIO reporter Hannah Catlett’s “investigation” of Ward 2 Councilwoman Juanita Gowdy’s letter to Cleveland council president Kevin Kelly missed the point of the query. Gowdy is a new elected official and she’s been going through records in East Cleveland’s clerk of council’s office to validate oaths, contracts and credentials of the employees and official with whom she’s interacting. Catlett obtained Gowdy’s letter and decided to answer her question to Kelly about whether a written agreement between the two cities existed that allowed law enforcement officers on either side to cross municipal borders to make arrests. Catlett’s not…
