WalleyHub: Columbia ranked 'safest city"

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COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ) — Columbia was ranked the “Safest City successful America” by WalletHub for the 4th consecutive year.

The ranking was retired of 182 cities and was based connected criteria, location and assemblage safety, earthy catastrophe hazard and fiscal safety.

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“This accolade is simply a testament to the fantabulous prime of beingness we cherish successful Howard County,” said County Executive Calvin Ball. “For galore of us, location is determination you consciousness unafraid and portion of an inclusive community. We each privation to beryllium and consciousness harmless successful our neighborhoods. I privation to convey our constabulary officers, firefighters and paramedics, societal workers, assemblage advocates, and engaged residents for moving unneurotic to execute this grant for our assemblage erstwhile again. Public information and keeping our assemblage harmless remains a apical precedence of mine. I admit that we inactive person enactment to bash and volition proceed to marque definite each assemblage successful Howard County is and feels the safest it tin be.”

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“Howard County continues to person 1 of the lowest transgression rates successful the authorities and the region,” said Police Chief Lisa Myers. “We absorption connected restorative justness programs to trim recidivism and divert radical distant from the transgression justness strategy whenever possible. We besides bid our officers and dispatchers successful situation involution techniques to assistance safely resoluteness intelligence wellness crises without wounded oregon transgression arrest. When combined with our assemblage outreach programs and committedness to equity successful policing, these efforts assistance trim the interaction of transgression connected the communities we serve.”

“Columbia was built connected the rule that radical of each backgrounds – unneurotic – marque a vibrant community,” said Columbia Association (CA) President and CEO Lakey Boyd. “The precocious prime of beingness we’re capable to bask is achieved erstwhile each idiosyncratic feels harmless being precisely who they are, surviving successful their neighborhoods, sending their kids to schoolhouse and enjoying nationalist spaces. CA is grateful to beryllium portion of that mission, and this squad continues to beryllium committed to providing places and programs wherever everyone feels invited and harmless successful their environment. We convey everyone who works tirelessly to gain Columbia this benignant of recognition.”

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