New chief talks goals, crime rate
Newly instated Columbus police chief Oscar Lewis made one of his first public appearances Thursday evening at a neighborhood watch program for Southside at the Trotter Convention Center.
Downtown watch group holds first meeting
The neighborhood watch for downtown and south Columbus held its first meeting Thursday at First United Methodist Church to discuss keeping the neighborhoods clean and safe.
CPD renews neighborhood watch effort
The Columbus Police Department wants to reenergize its neighborhood watch program, and Community Relations Officer Rhonda Sanders said east Columbus is an ideal place to start.
Suspect in Texas rapes was charged in ’90s assault
DALLAS — A crime-watch volunteer suspected of raping four women in Dallas this summer was implicated in a sexual assault two decades ago, but that
Columbus police help coordinate neighborhood watch programs
Members of the Columbus Police Department Thursday met with about 50 residents for a city-wide neighborhood watch program, hosted by CPD Chief Selvain McQueen.
Our View: Teen’s death offers painful lesson
In this time of neighborhood watches and heightened sensitivity about domestic crime, the Feb. 26 killing of a teenager in Florida offers a cautionary tale for us in the Golden Triangle.
East Columbus neighborhood organizes watch
The catch phrase Thursday night was delivered — with moxie — by a silver-haired lady in the front row of a local nursing home’s dining room, when Columbus Police Chief Selvain McQueen thrust a microphone in her face and asked what people should do when they see suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.
Concerned citizens form neighborhood watch
North Columbus residents are taking action and formed a neighborhood watch group. The group held a meeting Thursday at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library and 60 residents discussed a number of topics such as “peddlers” hanging around streets, people knocking on doors and recent burglaries that affected some group members.
Columbus officers encourage community policing
Columbus police are asking residents for one thing: If you see something, say something. A handful of residents attended the Ward 3 community meeting Thursday night at First Christian Church in East Columbus and discussed concerns within their neighborhoods.