The Cleveland Police Department received some glowing praise from the new monitor overseeing the 10-year-old consent decree in a semiannual report and assessment of its crisis intervention program.

In the monitor’s 17 th semiannual report, which offers an overview of the city’s progress toward completing each of the hundreds of requirements in the consent decree, the city received 20 “upgrades” in areas including use of force, accountability and transparency.

The department also received high grades for its crisis intervention program. An assessment filed in federal court found the city had met the consent decree requirements for how it responds to people in mental health crisis.

“The work has been extraordinary,” interim monitor Christine Cole told city council members Tuesday. “Offi

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