Fired Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge to Face Appeal Hearing on November 30
Fired Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge will attend an appeal hearing on November 30 to appeal her dismissal to a "neutral third party." City Manager's spokesperson Molly Lair confirmed the news to The Cincinnati Enquirer on the 14th. The proceeding, known as a "post-deprivation hearing," will be led by the city law department, and the hearing officer has not yet been named. Theetge was suspended in October last year and fired this April — more than a year and six months ago, respectively. The city made the dismissal decision in April after a five-month investigation, whose report concluded she was "not an effective leader." Theetge and her attorney Stephen Imm then filed an appeal, asking for the case to be heard by an "impartial adjudicator," but they have not yet sued the city government as her attorney had previously threatened. Current interim chief Adam Hennie has run the police department since Theetge was suspended; the city manager's office said there are currently no plans to seek a permanent chief and no timetable. The backdrop to Theetge's suspension and dismissal was city hall's concern over the police response to downtown crime: downtown crime rose in the summer of 2025, and controversy escalated after a double shooting at Fountain Square in October of that year.
Source: Cincinnati City Manager's Office
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