COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The Columbus Division of Police has created a new team focused on disrupting the cycle of violence: the Non-Fatal Shoot Team.
The division is piloting that program in zone six: the South Linden and Milo Grogan areas. Police leadership said that just after eight months, they are seeing success.
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The team is made up of eight detectives and two patrol officers focused on increasing the solvability rates of those cases of non-fatal shootings.
“If we can stop it before it happens, then there wouldn’t be no need to go to another funeral,” Patricia Duckworth said…