CINCINNATI — With Teresa Theetge on administrative leave, city officials have named Adam Hennie Cincinnati's interim police chief.

The city announced on Monday that Theetge would be on paid leave "pending an internal investigation into the effectiveness of her leadership." In her place, City Manager Sheryl Long named Assistant Chief Adam Hennie as interim chief.

In a statement Tuesday morning, Mayor Aftab Pureval said he and Long met with Hennie and his assistant chiefs.

"During that meeting, we discussed his planned emphasis on greater use of technology, visibility, and rapid response to critical incidents — on top of spearheading the recommendations from the climate assessment," Pureval said in a statement. "At this moment and moving forward, our focus remains on keeping Cincinnatians

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