City of Columbia launches gun safety initiative alongside community partners
The BE SMART campaign is just one way that Soda City leaders are using to address violent crime.
Chief Skip Holbrook
Columbia PD, municipal courts, and other bureaus set to consolidate into former Aflac building
Chief Holbrook says the 172,000 square foot, six-story building has adequate space to hold current and future staffing levels for all of their core bureaus.
Trevon Fordham named as new director for Office of Violent Crime Prevention
“Everybody wants to feel safe in their hometown. Everybody wants to feel safe in their community. Everybody wants to feel safe where they go eat or watch a movie. So that’s where I think the commonality is at for everyone, is we all want to feel safe in our community,” Fordham says.
Fire assoc. makes allegations against Columbia fire chief, City officials respond
New allegations were made regarding Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins and his department’s response following the tragic death of firefighter James Muller last month.
Columbia Police Department rolls out online dashboards with shootings statistics
According to Holbrook, one dashboard shows shooting statistics in the area including the location of the shots, and the age, sex, and race of the victims. Another dashboard shows Shotspotter data which detects and locates gunshots within a specific area.
