
2.1.10 HELPING POLICE FIGHT GANGS IN COLUMBUS
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
The Columbus Division of Police continues to aggressively fight gangs in Columbus and will receive additional help through a grant from the Department of Justice 2009 Anti-Gang Initiative. The initiative is supporting a renewal of the on-going anti-gang prevention and enforcement projects. Public Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther is sponsoring ordinance 0120-2010 to accept $48,103.75 in grant funding. The money will be used in a multi-faceted collaborative effort to identify, investigate and prosecute both the individual gang members and the infrastructure of their gangs.
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