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Adam Beam covers the City of Columbia for The State newspaper. Here, he blogs about local government. Reach him at (803) 386-7038 or abeam@thestate.com
Tag Archives: Tandy Carter
Latest on the Steve Benjamin investigation
Sorry I’ve been MIA recently. I’ve been working different hours this week and have not been reporting as much. Noelle Phillips and I wrote an update in today’s paper about the Steve Benjamin investigation. Three things to note : 1. Tandy Carter has requested an Attorney General’ opinion You can read his letter by clicking [...]
Posted in Columbia city government Also tagged Columbia Police Department, Steve Benjamin 4 Comments
Comparing police departments
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter has compared Columbia’s Police Department with departments of other South Carolina cities. The results were handed out to City Council members a few weeks ago. Here they are: NOTE: The ratio for sworn officers is the number of sworn officers per 1,000 residents. The ratio of violent crimes is the [...]
Police horses need money
Earlier this year, I wrote about how Columbia’s police department budget did not include money for police dogs and police horses. Since then, the money for the dogs has been restored. Not so for the horses. Police Chief Tandy Carter‘s solution is to raise money to save the horses’ jobs. He has to do it [...]
Posted in Columbia city government Also tagged budget cuts, Columbia Police Department, police horses 2 Comments
Police Chief news conference
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter held a brief news conference today about a police officer about an incident involving assistant state attorney general Roland Corning. Corning was pulled over on suspicion of illegal activity after officer Mike Wines saw him pull into a secluded area of Elmwood Cemetery with an 18-year-old employee of Platinum Plus [...]
Posted in Columbia city government Also tagged Columbia Police Department, Mike Wines, Roland Corning 2 Comments
Attorney General’s opinion on Tandy Carter