Downtown Columbia Police Presence Expands with Office at the Mall

Downtown Columbia police presence expands with office at the mall

Police open Howard County's sixth satellite office, this time, inside The Mall in Columbia.

New police satellite office at Mall in Columbia aims to boost safety and visibility

Howard County leaders say a new police satellite office at The Mall in Columbia gives officers a visible base inside one of the county’s busiest gathering places. The new satellite office is part of Howard County’s crime reduction plan launched after recent violent incidents. One of those incidents includes last year’s shooting deaths of two teenagers outside the mall. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said the new satellite office is about mo…