Cincinnati police captain claims effort underway to oust Chief Eliot Isaac

Three longtime, high-ranking Cincinnati police officials are working behind the scenes to force Chief Eliot Isaac out of office, a district commander alleged Monday. Capt. Bridget Bardua, who oversees Police District Five, also claimed the three men treat her differently, with constant "Monday morning quarterbacking," because she's a woman. She said that's despite violent crime declining last year while she was in charge. The allegations are detailed in a letter sent Monday to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and in a memo to Isaac himself from Bardua, Sgt. Jason Voelkerding and Officer Melissa Cummins. Voelkerding and Cummins are part of the neighborhood liaison unit Bardua supervises in District Five. WCPO obtained a copy of the documents Monday afternoon through a public records request.