I m a visual guy, someone who does better with faces than names, who devises oddball mental images to sort out the world around me.
For a while now, I ve associated Mayor Andrew J. Ginther with wind. I couldn t put my finger on why.
One of the more-obvious explanations that the mayor might be full of hot air did not seem entirely on the mark. During the protests and violence that roiled Columbus last year, Ginther did not develop a habit of talking too much. He sometimes went days without making remarks, and when he did, they were often in the form of carefully crafted written statements that noted interviews would not be given.
Faith leaders have been pushing for police reform
The group of outspoken faith leaders have been pushing for police reform and more racial equity in the Columbus Division of Police for more than two years. Several faith leaders, including Ahrens, called for Quinlan s removal in a Dec. 23 letter sent to Ginther, who, they say, did not respond. That prompted the plan to deliver Ginther the petition.
Ginther announced in a statement on Thursday afternoon that Quinlan agreed to leave the office after Ginther asked him to step down. Quinlan, who was appointed chief in February 2020, was on a one-year probationary period that was set to expire on Feb. 7.
Friday Jan 29, 2021 at 2:31 PM Jan 29, 2021 at 2:31 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The next police chief of Columbus must come from outside the agency and through a national search, community activists critical of policing in Ohio s largest city insisted Friday.
Former Chief Thomas Quinlan, demoted Thursday by Mayor Andrew Ginther, was a 30-year member of the agency and was unlikely to make the big changes needed because of his career there, the activists said. We need someone who can come with a fresh lens that didn t grow up in the culture of Columbus Division of Police or the culture of policing within the state of Ohio, said Chanelle Jones, a dean of community engagement at Franklin University and a member of a police reform commission convened two years ago by Ginther.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The police chief of Ohio’s capital and largest city was forced out Thursday after the mayor who hired him said he’d lost confidence
Jan 30, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The next police chief of Columbus must come from outside the agency and through a national search, community activists critical of policing in Ohio’s largest city insisted Friday.
Former Chief Thomas Quinlan, demoted Thursday by Mayor Andrew Ginther, was a 30-year member of the agency and was unlikely to make the big changes needed because of his career there, the activists said.
“We need someone who can come with a fresh lens that didn’t grow up in the culture of Columbus Division of Police or the culture of policing within the state of Ohio,” said Chenelle Jones, a dean of community engagement at Franklin University and a member of a police reform commission convened two years ago by Ginther.