Police: Safe streets pilot program has reduced gun violence

The Columbus Division of Police says a pilot program called Linden Safe Streets helped reduce gun violence in the northeast Columbus neighborhood this summers.The goal of the program was to get officers out of cruisers and send them into neighborhoods on bicycles to get to know people and listen to their concerns. The mission was clear."Ride around the neighborhood, talk to the youth, if they see somebody in their yard, drive up, give them a business card, talk to them about their neighborhood.