A Columbus police officer is suing the city and police division administrators claiming nude photos of her were illegally obtained and improperly shared among officers during an internal investigation.
Columbus City Council last night without comment approved a 30 thousand dollar legal settlement of a lawsuit filed against police by a man who claimed an officer assaulted him over a littering charge.
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman this week appointed a nine-member committee to oversee how to equip 18-hundred officers with body cameras by the end of 2016.
The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed an employment discrimination complaint over the Columbus police policy banning officers from wearing headscarves for religious reasons.
Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs says officers acted reasonably in pepper-spraying Ohio State football fans along High Street after the team won the national championship in January.
An undercover Columbus police officer has been placed on desk duty for allegedly assaulting two people on the grounds of the Dublin Irish Festival earlier this month.
Columbus police say one person was killed and five others injured early this morning when a burglary was interrupted at a home on Scales Drive on the West side.
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman says the city will consider outfitting police officers with body cameras. Coleman says the goal is to help improve police-community relations.
The FBI and Crime Stoppers have increased to 10 thousand dollars the award being offered for information leading to the arrest of a bank robber they have dubbed the "Buckeye Bandit."
An investigation by Columbus police has found several bottles of medications went missing from two fire department ambulances during a 24-hour period in March.
Columbus police say an officer shot and killed an armed man who attacked while the officer was taking a police report about threats the man's family said he had made against them.
