Cincinnati police chief placed on administrative leave

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Cincinnati police chief placed on administrative leave
 Updated: 6:37 PM EDT Oct 20, 2025
Emily Sanderson, Danielle Dindak
WLWT

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Police Chief Terri Theetge has been placed on paid administrative leave, city officials confirmed.

Cincinnati City Manager Sheryl Long states the move comes "pending an internal investigation on the effectiveness of her leadership in the Cincinnati Police Department."  ...

Up until last Wednesday, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval expressed full confidence in Theetge, but he later stated that due to ongoing violence, "all options are on the table."

Theetge was asked to return from a conference in Denver for a departmental meeting with the city manager, and she has since hired an employment attorney.  ...

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She was asked a few days ago to resign, but didn't.

... Theetge's possible removal comes after months of public scrutiny and criticism over how the city has handled crime.

Although violent crime is down citywide, Downtown and Over-the-Rhine saw spikes in crime this summer that were higher than the usual increase during warm weather. And a brawl outside a bar in July went viral on social media, prompting national politicians, especially Republicans, to lambast the city's Democratic leadership.

A shooting on Fountain Square Monday evening prompted a new wave of city efforts to address crime. Theetge and Mayor Aftab Pureval held a joint press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce a "show of force" by CPD at Fountain Square. Theetge said CPD officers would begin to enforce low-level offenses like smoking marijuana in public, and assured officers she would support them as long as they followed policies and procedures.  ...

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Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge has been placed on administrative leave “pending an internal investigation on the effectiveness of her leadership.”

The move comes after Theetge said criminals need to “learn how to behave” after two people were shot.

She also recently shamed people on social media for sharing video footage of a woman getting violently beaten because the video didn’t “depict the entire incident.”

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