Columbus Mayor Robert Smith and Police Chief Fred Shelton talk about proposed solutions to violent crime, while police and city council members stand behind them at a press conference outside City Hall Thursday. The city will host a town hall meeting to address crime on Monday, and Smith and Shelton announced the city will increase police patrols at night, implement driver’s licenses and safety checkpoints and install surveillance cameras throughout the city to help curb crime. Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
City officials have invited the public to a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in Trotter Convention Center to hear concerns and propose solutions to the recent increase in gun violence in Columbus and the surrounding areas.