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    Most say Columbus is a safe city

    The Dispatch wrote Most say city’s safe

    Thursday, December 4, 2008

    By Elizabeth Gibson

    As the city’s budget crunch squeezes the police department, city officials say Columbus still is one of the safest cities in the U.S. How safe? It depends on whom you ask, and academics disagree about how much a decrease in the number of officers would affect crime rates.

    With the city strapped for cash, Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s office has proposed not replacing as many as 57 officers who might retire next year. Such an outcome would be hard to deal with if it continued into 2010 and 2011, said George Speaks, deputy director of public safety.

    “But Columbus is still one of the safest metro cities,” he said. “Overall, looking at violent crime, we’re doing very well.”

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