CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland's consent decree monitor is asking a federal judge to approve a new police department policy that was drafted after complaints of racial profiling.

The bias-free policing policy is part of a settlement Cleveland reached with the Justice Department to reform its police department. The Justice Department received many complaints from black residents who said officers racially profiled while handling calls.

The monitoring team wrote in its motion that it knows the policy will not fix institutional issues of bias in the department.

"Instead, the Proposed Policy exists as one building block that sets forth clear expectations about CDP's values and rules of conduct," the motion says.

(You can read the full motion and proposed new policy here or at the bottom of this story.)

The policy lays out what the city expects officers to do to patrol without bias, including:

Treat everyone "with courtesy, professionalism, dignity, respect, and equality"

Make law enforcement-related decisions based upon observations, reasonable suspicion and probable cause

Rely on information that is accurate, specific and free from bias

Take official action -- including stopping people -- without discriminating based on a demographic

The policy also says officers must use "procedural justice," which means officers must give people a chance to be heard when approached by police, make decisions fairly and clearly explain them and convey "goodwill and trustworthiness."

It also says officers are forbidden from engaging or ignoring policing with bias, using harassing or derogatory language concerning any demographic or determining suspicion or probable cause based only on a person's criminal record.

If a person wants to make a complaint, an officers must request their supervisor come to the scene or make it easy for them to file a complaint with the Office of Professional Standards.

Officers who do not adhere to the policy, or fail to report when they see an officer violate the policy, will be disciplined, the policy says.

The Justice Department's investigation into the police department didn't set out to examine racial bias on the part of officers. But its 2014 report that summarized its findings says that "when we interviewed members of the community about their experiences with the police, many African-Americans reported that they believe CDP officers are verbally and physically aggressive toward them because of their race."

The city started drafting the policy in April 2016 and it underwent multiple revisions with feedback from the monitoring team and the Justice Department. It circulated a draft for public comment last year.

The policy was crafted with input from the Cleveland Community Police Commission, which held town hall meetings and solicited feedback to hear from several communities, including communities of color, religious people, LGBTQ, young people and the homeless.

The monitor says the city did not take every recommendation made by the commission, but "it is clear to the Monitoring Team that the concerns and experiences of the Cleveland community were heard, discussed, and considered by the Division."

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