His partner, a uniformed Columbus police officer, reaching out to offer him a fist bump. The moment symbolized the connections that Columbus police bicycle officers in the city's Safe Streets program were hoping to achieve in their first summer block party Friday evening outside the new Linden Community Center. The event featured food, games, a dunk tank and other fun activities. Columbus cops' plans to 'interact with the community' "Getting to interact with the community" is the best part of his job, Officer Nick Smith said after he and his young teammate finished their match on one of the gameboards set up on the park's basketball courts, which were teeming with neighborhood kids.