cleveland | Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot
12-year-old Tamir Rice in November, previously failed the written test
to become a deputy with Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department, according
to records released on Wednesday.
In September 2013, Loehmann scored a 46 percent on the department's
written cognitive exam, administered by Cuyahoga Community College and
given to potential recruits. Seventy percent is considered a passing
score. Recruits are tested on problem-solving, vocabulary, grammar,
punctuation and spelling.
Other records show Loehmann did pass the department's physical exam,
which requires applicants to perform at least 27 pushups in a minute and
run a mile and a half in less than 16 minutes and 36 seconds, among
other tasks.
Northeast Ohio Media Group reported on Tuesday
that Loehmann had been rejected for a deputy sheriff job that he had
applied for in September 2013. The county released Loehmann's job
application and exam scores in response to a public records request.
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Loehmann was among 35 applicants who passed the physical exam but failed the written test, the records show.
Loehmann previously also was unsuccessful in getting jobs with police
departments in Akron, Euclid and Parma Heights. He had been looking for
a police job since he resigned from the Independence police department
in November 2012 following a poor performance review. He had worked there for five months.
