On Tuesday, Columbus City Council's Public Safety Committee hosted their second public hearing in the last week. This comes after the committee hosted a public
On Tuesday, Columbus City Council's Public Safety Committee hosted their second public hearing in the last week. This comes after the committee hostedto hear updates on 4 crisis groups created by the city to handle emergency situations that may not require police officers.
“I have a math problem for you," Malissa Thomas-St. Clair with Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children said at the meeting. "175 plus 275 plus 139 plus 124. Anyone do the mental math? I’ll save it for you. 643. That’s how many mothers have loss their child to violence only since 2020." “For the Office of Violence Prevention budget for 2023, we were given 4 million and we've requested approximately the same for 2024," Shak said.
"Correct me if I’m wrong, but I see there is not a religious or spiritual component permanently in any of the programs that we are talking about," one man said during public comment.
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