Efforts to Reduce Problems at Bars

In an effort to reduce potential serious injuries and criminal activities at bar locations in the City of Columbia, the Police Department has formalized procedures to review these locations. This is an on-going effort to maintain a good working relationship with bar owners to decrease the number of serious calls for service at their establishment.

Bar review procedures:

• Crime Analyst to compile specified stats on each bar monthly.
• Police personnel will evaluate statistics to determine if 3 or more serious reports of concern occurred during a one month time frame OR if there are multiple consecutive months of serious reports in a row.
• Calls/Contacts will only be evaluated once the bar has reached the 3 reports of concern threshold.
• Plan of Action to reduce calls for service will be drafted and sent via certified mail to the property owner.
• If serious reports continue to occur after Action Plan is sent, then notice of information and our concerns about the location will be sent to the Finance Department for possible action against the owners of the location in reference to their City liquor license.