Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association president Steve Loomis said on May 27, 2015 that officers could be hesitant to draw their guns because the U.S.Department of Justice and City of Cleveland’s Consent Agreement requires an officer to complete a report each time he or she points a gun at a suspect.

The Cleveland Police was investigated for by the DOJ Civil Rights division for the second time in approximately 10 years, due to reports of police brutality and police abuse. The Consent Agreement will become legally binding once it is approved by a federal judge.

Steve Loomis told the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “There’s going to be a time when someone isn’t going to want to do that paperwork, so he’s going to keep that gun in its holster.” Mr. Loomis argues that because police are afraid of paperwork, they won’t use their gun in a legal defense of their own safety or lives or the safety and lives of others.

This is who is leading the Cleveland Police Union.