Prosecutor asks for state review of CPD overtime

The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office has asked the Ohio state auditor to review an audit of Cincinnati Police Department overtime, Prosecutor Joe Deters and Chief Eliot Isaac said Friday.  Deters said Mayor John Cranley called him Thursday about the new allegations raised in a police captain's lawsuit claiming abuse of the overtime system. A spokesperson for Cranley said Deters had told the mayor to alert him to any suspected theft in office when overtime audit numbers were released earlier this year. In response to Cranley's call, Deters requested a copy of the audit and called State Auditor Dave Yost to look into the issue.  "If they determine any criminal activity occurred, they will refer it back to the prosecutor's office for criminal prosecution or a civil finding," Deters said.