We provide the coverage to the best of our ability. But if a municipality can afford to support police, we generally think it should.

The four BIAs in the area support it. Operational benefits include accessibility and a place for police officers to come and go when they're working. Everyone's clamoring for more police presence.

We want those guys to take advantage of what that market delivers and support them in their ability to deliver it. The last thing that we want to do is start telling our banks' CEOs what they ought to be doing in their markets because we (in Columbus) don't have the market knowledge that they do.

We want council members who are going to support the police in doing their jobs; and who are going to make sure that the laws are enforced to make these absentee landlords maintain their properties,'' said Pete Witte, the Price Hill Civic Club president who helped organize the PAC. POWR PAC -

They're like the internal police or support group. They're consultants before the external auditors check us out. They're on our side.

By grass root building, I mean we will increase the ability and vitality of local police stations, the criminal police force, patrolling policemen and so on.