Cleveland has a spotty record of keeping the public in the loop about how it uses police surveillance technology. Five years ago, a report by the Community Police Commission and outside experts warned that transparency and public oversight were needed as the city started to rely more and more on technology tools โ cameras, license […]
Author Archives: Cid Standifer
Cid Standifer is a freelance data journalist. She has more than a decade of newsroom experience, and has written for The Marshall Project, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, Belt Magazine, Cleveland Scene, Eye on Ohio and The Washington Post. Prior to moving to Cleveland, she covered the military for Stars and Stripes, Military Times, Inside the Navy and USNI News. Standifer has a master's degree in African history from Emory University and a bachelor's degree in history and physics from Grinnell College.


