Police: Traffic stops down 80% in Columbus
According to a study, there were more than 3,000 traffic stops in January 2019 compared to less than 500 for January 2021. Author: Lacey Crisp Updated: 5:10 PM EDT June 3, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus police have seen an 80% drop in traffic stops in 2021 compared to 2019.
According to police, fewer people were getting pulled over.
“The magnitude of the drop was rather surprising,” said Columbus Police Acting Commander Tim Myers.
But what impact does that have, and why are there fewer stops?
In March 2020, people stayed because of state health orders. Streets were empty. Traffic stops fell significantly.
Then, protests broke out downtown. Officers were diverted to maintain peace.
City Of Columbus To Pay $10 Million In Settlement With Family Of Andre Hill
By Becky Sullivan
May 14, 2021
The city of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Andre Hill, a 47-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer in December.
It is the largest such settlement in the city’s history, and the largest pretrial settlement in a police use-of-force case in state history, lawyers said.
“It’s one step toward something. It doesn’t help or doesn’t take the scar off of our hearts that we still have from my dad not being here,” said Hill’s daughter Karissa Hill at a press conference after the settlement was announced. “But it’s something, and it’s a start.”
A community center gym in the Ohio capital will also be named after Hill.
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Written by Paul Meara
The city of Columbus has reportedly reached a settlement agreement with the family of Andre’ Hill, who was killed in December while visiting the home of a friend.
According to Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein, the city has agreed to deliver a $10 million settlement to Hill’s family, setting the record for the single highest payout in the Ohio capital’s history. According to local station WBNS, the settlement will be voted on by the Columbus City Council on Monday.
Columbus reaches record-breaking $10 million settlement with family of Andre Hill who was shot dead by police officer as he emerged from friend s home holding a phone
Ohio s capital agreed to pay Andre Hill s family $10 million settlement, the largest of its kind in city history
Hill, 47, an unarmed black man, was shot and killed by Columbus police officer Adam Coy in December
Coy was fired and charged with murder, felonious assault and reckless homicide
Bodycam video showed Coy open fire on Hill as he emerged from friend s garage holding a cellphone in his hand
Coy s attorney said officer believed he saw a gun in Hill s hand, but no firearm was found at the scene
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Andre Hill, fatally shot by Columbus police on Dec. 22, is memorialized on a shirt worn by his daughter, Karissa Hill, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio.
The City of Columbus has agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Andre Hill, who was shot and killed by a Columbus Police officer in December. The payout is the largest in the city s history.
Hill was fatally shot in the early morning hours on December 22 by then-Columbus Police office Adam Coy, who was responding to a non-emergency call on Oberlin Drive in Northwest Columbus. Hill was inside a garage, delivering Christmas money according to the homeowners when Coy and another officer approached him.