/tags/community-safety-initiative Community Safety Initiative en-US Copyright Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-09-10/after-a-shooting-this-task-force-goes-door-to-door 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… Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-09-10/after-a-shooting-this-task-force-goes-door-to-door /news/2019-04-01/columbus-police-start-up-safe-streets-program-again 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… Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:31:00 GMT /news/2019-04-01/columbus-police-start-up-safe-streets-program-again Adora Namigadde /news/2018-10-05/safe-streets-results-slip-in-new-neighborhoods Columbus' Safe Streets program began in the Linden neighborhood last year, and its success prompted expansion to the Parson’s corridor and the Hilltop.… Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:47:06 GMT /news/2018-10-05/safe-streets-results-slip-in-new-neighborhoods Nick Evans /news/2018-09-07/columbus-homicide-response-group-expanding-to-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… Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:43:57 GMT /news/2018-09-07/columbus-homicide-response-group-expanding-to-hilltop Nick Evans /news/2018-07-16/columbus-leaders-announce-new-neighborhood-safety-initiatives Columbus city leaders are working to improve neighborhood safety through several programs.Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther says a plan to adopt the gunfire… Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:37:29 GMT /news/2018-07-16/columbus-leaders-announce-new-neighborhood-safety-initiatives Adora Namigadde /news/2018-05-03/columbus-plans-to-adopt-a-gunfire-detection-system-cincinnatis-already-using-it 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… Thu, 03 May 2018 09:00:00 GMT /news/2018-05-03/columbus-plans-to-adopt-a-gunfire-detection-system-cincinnatis-already-using-it Adora Namigadde /news/2018-04-24/columbus-announces-updates-to-neighborhood-safety-strategy Bike patrols are coming to new neighborhoods as part of the city's ongoing effort to enact its new Comprehensive Neighborhood Safety Strategy. Mayor… Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:46:49 GMT /news/2018-04-24/columbus-announces-updates-to-neighborhood-safety-strategy Adora Namigadde /news/2018-03-09/new-commission-aims-to-improve-columbus-police-community-relations For the newly-formed Community Safety Advisory Commission, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther drew members from all corners of the city. “This group includes… Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:00:00 GMT /news/2018-03-09/new-commission-aims-to-improve-columbus-police-community-relations Adora Namigadde /news/2018-03-08/mayor-ginther-appoints-commission-to-review-columbus-police-policies Mayor Andrew Ginther announced he will appoint 17 people to a newly-formed Community Safety Advisory Commission.The commission was proposed in November as… Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:25:19 GMT /news/2018-03-08/mayor-ginther-appoints-commission-to-review-columbus-police-policies Gabe Rosenberg /news/2017-11-20/mayor-ginther-has-a-plan-for-community-safety-now-the-community-needs-to-buy-in 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… Mon, 20 Nov 2017 10:00:00 GMT /news/2017-11-20/mayor-ginther-has-a-plan-for-community-safety-now-the-community-needs-to-buy-in