Christopher Schroder was a Cincinnati police officer. In January 2023, he pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of dereliction of duty. During more than a decade serving on the Personal Crimes Unit, he failed to turn in rape kits and DNA swabs, performed inadequate investigations of crimes with vulnerable victims such a minors and people with developmental disabilities, and sometimes performed no investigation whatsoever. There were 47 cases of dereliction and a 48th by the time the case came to court.
He lost his certification to be a police officer and was sentenced to 5 years probation plus 500 hours of community service.
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Cincinnati, Ohio · Saturday, January 21, 2023