BREAKING: Columbus Safety Collective Campaign and Columbus Elected Officials Reach Historic Agreement, Placing Unified Crisis Response Proposal on May Ballot
BREAKING: Columbus Safety Collective Campaign and Columbus Elected Officials Reach Historic Agreement, Placing Unified Crisis Response Proposal on May Ballot For Release: March 2, 2026 Celina Coming | ccoming@acluohio.orgDavid Meyers | dmeyers@columbus.gov Columbus, OH – Tonight, Columbus City Council officially referred The Community Crisis Response Amendment to appear on the City of Columbus’ May […]
Columbus Safety Collective Files Nearly 30,000 Signatures in Campaign to Improve Public Safety and Prioritize Community Care
Columbus Safety Collective Files Nearly 30,000 Signatures in Campaign to Improve Public Safety and Prioritize Community Care For Release: January 29, 2026 Contact: media@cbussafety.org Columbus, OH – Today, the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign delivered nearly 30,000 signatures for The Community Crisis Response Amendment to appear on the City of Columbus’ May 2026 primary election ballot. […]
Columbus Safety Collective Campaign Remains Committed to Realizing an Alternative Crisis Response Program
Columbus Safety Collective Campaign Remains Committed to Realizing an Alternative Crisis Response Program Campaign Responds to Upcoming City Council Hearing on Alternative Crisis Response For Release: December 18, 2025 Contact: media@cbussafety.org Columbus, OH – Tonight, Columbus City Council will hold a hearing on alternative crisis response and a report evaluating existing programs. The Columbus Safety […]
Columbus Safety Collective Campaign Announces Endorsing Organizations, Revealing Broad Support for Alternative Crisis Response Program
Columbus Safety Collective Campaign Announces Endorsing Organizations, Revealing Broad Support for Alternative Crisis Response Program For Release: May 28, 2025 Contacts:Celina Coming, media@cbussafety.org Columbus, OH – Today, the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign announced an initial slate of endorsements from local and statewide partner organizations, all of whom have pledged support for an alternative-police response program […]
Advocates Submit Amendment to City of Columbus for Alternative Response to Mental Health Calls
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Safety Collective Campaign submitted an amendment on March 7 to Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein proposing a division within the Department of Public Safety that would respond to non-dangerous calls, without police presence. “We would be taking this approach of a non-police response system, a non co-responder model, meaning there […]
Proposed Ballot Measure Could Provide Around the Clock Non-Police Crisis Intervention in Columbus
A proposed ballot measure designed to limit the involvement of Columbus police in response to mental health crises and other nonviolent incidents first began to take shape more than seven months ago, according to Chana Wiley of the Columbus Safety Collective (CSC), though its roots stretch back to the January 2017 passing of Wiley’s brother, Jaron Thomas, […]
Proposed Ballot Measure Asks Columbus to ‘Reimagine Public Safety’ and Use Police Less
A collective of grassroots groups wants professionals such as therapists or crisis intervention specialists — not police — to respond to mental health crises and other nonviolent incidents in Columbus. The Columbus Safety Collective Campaign aims to put a city charter amendment before voters on the Nov. 4 general election ballot. The group announced Friday that it had submitted […]
Columbus Safety Collective Campaign Pushing for Charter Amendment Establishing Division of Community Crisis Response
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Community Crisis Response Amendment has been submitted to the Columbus city clerk for review by the Columbus Safety Collective Campaign, who would like to see it on the municipal election ballot on Nov. 4 this year. The charter amendment would see the establishment of a division of community crisis response. READ […]
Proposed Ballot Initiative Would Establish 24/7 Alternative Police Response in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus residents could vote this November on whether the city establishes a division to dispatch nonpolice professionals, such as therapists and social workers, to respond to certain 911 calls. The Columbus Safety Collective Campaign – led by multiple advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Ohio Voice, Working Families Party […]
Activists Push for More Alternatives to Police via the Ballot
Columbus activists are pursuing a November ballot issue to enhance emergency services for residents in crisis — but first, they need to fix a paperwork issue. Why it matters: The city has launched a handful of “alternative crisis response” programs connecting 911 callers to resources beyond police, such as social workers and experts in mental health and addiction. […]