(Cleveland Jewish News) A Cleveland police officer who was named the department’s 2019 officer of the year and received a distinguished service medal has been identified for antisemitic posts on his social media accounts prior to his tenure as a police officer.
Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia, senior public information officer for the Cleveland Division of Police, said June 17 that the matter was being investigated.
“The Division of Police is aware of this matter and it has been referred to the internal affairs unit for investigation,” Ciaccia wrote in an email to the Cleveland Jewish News.
The CJN reached out to Ismail Quran by Facebook message June 17 and did not receive an immediate response.
Antisemitic and anti-Zionist posts traced to Quran’s social media accounts were identified by Canary Mission and publicized in a June 16 news release from the organization.
