Internal Affairs Unit - Cleveland.com

On May 10, 2010 received a written complaint from an individual identifying
himself as Jonathon Sledge. Sledge had his personal auto towed. The Impound Lot
would not release the vehicle until Sledge paid an outstanding traffic camera ticket. The
vehicle for which the ticket was issued was owned by Sledge's complaint
was to in that he had not rented a vehicle from. at the time the
camera ticket offense occurred.
Upon receipt of the written complaint looked into the situation and leamed
that the violation took place on 2/6/2010 by the operator of their vehicle with Ohio
License Plate. checked and found that the vehicle was rented by a
male using the name Jonathon Sledge but the vehicle was rented under the company
name of em is the covert account set up for renting
vehicles by the 3 RD District under the Cleveland Police 1 rental
program.
contacted Sgt Sotomayor requesting assistance. Investigation by Sgt
Sotomayor reveals that on three separate occasions a vehicle was rented from the
• office under the Cleveland Police covert program. On all three dates
10/20109,2/4/10, and 2/5/10 the detective renting the vehicle used the name Jonathon
Sledge. The undercover company name listed was which would
normally indicate that a detective from the 3 RD District was the renter. Accordingly it
appears as though someone from the Division of Police used the name Jonathon Sledge to
rent the vehicle and more than likely was the operator at the time the traffic camera
violation took place.
paid the $122.00 traffic camera ticket as their initial investigation showed the
real Jonathon Sledge to be without fault. Additionally, . paid the Impound Lot
fees for the real Jonathon Sledge as his personal vehicle was held at the Impound Lot for
an extended period while the matter was looked into. Consequently is out the
$122.00 paid for the camera ticket, plus the storage fees. Also, the real Jonathon Sledge
has contacted the Better Business Bureau with a complaint against
Additional investigation into this allegation indicates that a 3 RD District Vice Detective
identified as George Redding is possibly the responsible person.
Respectfully request that an investigation at the District level is initiated immediately.
has forwarded copies of the complaint from Sledge along with other
documentation that I will make available. There also need to be a remedy for
initiated immediately as the entire program the Division of Police has set up with
is in jeopardy the way things stand now.