CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland Heights man who said

was awarded $600,000 in a civil suit settlement, one of his attorneys said Wednesday.

As part of the settlement, lawyers for Edward Henderson will provide the city with model excessive force policies that other municipalities use, said lawyer David Malik, who announced the settlement.

“I’m hoping this is another step towards reform and I’m hoping that we can work with the police department, and the police union, in a collaborative effort to continue to reform the police department for the better,” Malik said.

Among the policies Malik said the lawyers will give the city include taking statements from officers accused of misconduct; recording of witness interviews during Internal Affairs and Office of Professional Standards investigations, and early intervention programs for officers.

Maureen Harper, a spokeswoman for the city, confirmed in an E-mail that a settlement was reached with Henderson. She said the settlement does not represent an admission of liability.

Henderson, 43, claimed he was attacked by several officers after he crashed his van near East 38th Street and Marginal Road on New Year’s Day. He said after he was handcuffed, he was

. He suffered a detached retina and broken eye socket as a result and spent three days in the hospital.

“They beat me, that is what they did, and I didn’t try to fight them,” Henderson said in a 2011 interview at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. “No one deserves to be beat like that. I can’t even see out of my right eye.”

A portion of the chase was recorded by a police helicopter camera. The video, a part of Henderson’s criminal case, was kept under seal. The video was released to the media in November 2011.

Henderson, who suffers from mental illness, is currently serving the remainder of a three-year sentence at the Lake Erie Correctional Institution for one count of assaulting a peace officer as a result of the chase. He is expected to be released from prison in March.

A federal grand jury subpoenaed the Cleveland Police Department in 2011 for documents related to the case against four officers accused of brutality.

Malik said Henderson’s case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for possible federal civil rights violations.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson requested a review from the Justice Department in December following a controversial chase in which a third of the city’s on-duty officers participated without permission that ended with police shooting two people behind a school in East Cleveland.

, were charged with felonious assault and obstruction of official business. Former Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason later dismissed the charges against the officers.

Chief Michael McGrath said in an interview Wednesday evening that the officers were placed on restrictive duty, but recently have begun to work with the public. One officer works at police communications, another at the police academy and the other two work security at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.