Community Safety Initiative

It was April 1 at exactly noon when Crystal Logan got the phone call: Her daughter Jenea and her son Donell had been shot."As often as we see it on the…

Columbus Police roll out their annual Safe Streets program on Monday.The program uses uniformed bike patrol officers in the warmer months of the year to…

Columbus' Safe Streets program began in the Linden neighborhood last year, and its success prompted expansion to the Parson’s corridor and the Hilltop.…

Columbus will expand a program aimed at improving the city's response to homicides. The Violent Crime Review Group will begin working in the Hilltop…

Columbus city leaders are working to improve neighborhood safety through several programs.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther says a plan to adopt the gunfire…

In the latest Columbus budget, there's $1 million set aside to install a new system called ShotSpotter. It’s a computer software that uses microphone-like…

Bike patrols are coming to new neighborhoods as part of the city's ongoing effort to enact its new Comprehensive Neighborhood Safety Strategy. Mayor…

For the newly-formed Community Safety Advisory Commission, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther drew members from all corners of the city. “This group includes…

Mayor Andrew Ginther announced he will appoint 17 people to a newly-formed Community Safety Advisory Commission.The commission was proposed in November as…

Antonio Stargell says he still gets angry thinking about his son's death.“He got shot day after Mother's Day, 2016, with some friends,” Stargell says.But…