Columbus Division of Police

The city has seen 14 homicides in the first two months of the year, the lowest such total since 2015.

Columbus police say they shot and killed 26-year-old Colin Jennings at Creekside Apartments last week after Jennings brandished a knife and told police to shoot him.

FOP President Jeff Simpson commented on a social media post defending a Jason Aldean song and said about lynching, "[B]ack in the day, that was the penalty you got for doing really bad things. Today you get nothing."

The numbers of people ages 21 and under who were suspected of felonious assault jumped 33% from 2022 to almost 550 people. The number of victims under the age of 21 also saw an increase.

The Columbus Police Inspector General said allegations against Officer Kelsie Schneider, accused of wrongly telling a father his child could face charges, were unfounded.

Naimo Mahdi Abdirahaman was crossing Morse Road near Walford Street at an intersection with marked crosswalks when the crash happened. Demetris Ortega pleaded guilty in September to the charges.

The police detail will be assigned to protect council members at public events and meetings and sometimes at outings in their personal lives at the discretion of the council members.

Some Ohio police departments are interpreting a law meant to protect victims of crime to mean some police officers have privacy protections, even as they have used force while in the line of duty.

Columbus City Council's Public Safety Committee provided an update into several of the city's "alternative response teams" that they hope can be alternatives to police.

The unnamed man was last reported to be in critical condition at Grant Medical Center. Police described the call that brought them to the apartment as a mental health crisis involving domestic violence.