Longtime community leader Iris Roley is in the headlines as the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police calls for the city to end her consulting contract. Other community leaders have rallied behind her.

Roley's first contract with the city was announced in early 2022, with a goal of facilitating engagement between the city manager and Cincinnati residents. Her current year-long contract is for $105,000. Her work as a consultant to the city over the past three years includes involvement in hiring Cincinnati's current Police Chief Teresa Theetge.

Cincinnati FOP President Ken Kober is pushing the city to terminate Roley's contract, citing videos in which he says Roley harassed CPD officers "for doing their jobs." A petition on the Cincinnati FOP website has more than 4,900 signatures as of Fr

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