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Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, left, and Mayor Frank Jackson listen during the press conference in December. The Justice Department and the city of Cleveland will announce Tuesday afternoon that they have entered into a consent decree to address how city police use force.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Justice Department and the city of Cleveland will announce Tuesday afternoon that they have entered into an agreement to resolve issues of how city police use force.

The settlement, known as a consent decree, will be announced at a news conference at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave. U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach and Mayor Frank Jackson will be in attendance, as will police Chief Calvin Williams and Justice Department civil rights division leader Vanita Gupta.

The terms of the consent decree have not been made public. However, the U.S. Attorney's Office held meetings with community leaders Tuesday morning and discussed the settlement.

A Justice Department investigation, launched in March 2013, concluded that Cleveland police officers too often used excessive force during encounters with citizens. It also said officers are not properly trained on how to act during encounters with the mentally and medically ill.

The Justice Department report also cited the city's failure to adequately investigate and discipline officers who used excessive force. Investigators who conducted reviews said their goal was to paint the accused officers in the most positive light, the report says.

The announcement comes just days after dozens of protesters spent Saturday roaming through downtown Cleveland, sparked by Cuyahoga County Judge John O'Donnell's decision to acquit police officer Michael Brelo of manslaughter in the deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams during a chase in November 2012.

Northeast Ohio Media Group Reporter Leila Atassi will be covering the news conference live in the comments.

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