A. Columbia Police Department Contact Information

If you see a crime in progress call 911.
Non-emergency dispatch: 252-2911. Report anything or anyone suspicious.
Officer Brink, Rosewood PACE Officer: 509-1787, JABrink@columbiasc.net
Captain Sharp, South Region Commander: 737-5880, GASharp@columbiasc.net

B. What can you do?

• Crime statistics and maps for the city: www.columbiapd.net/bulletins.htm
• Please report non-working street lights to SCE&G: 1-800-251-7234
• Community watch signs, contact jenna@rosewoodcommunity.com to purchase for your street, $26.97 each
• Women’s self-defense class, date and location TBD

C. Upcoming Rosewood Events

Rosewood community planning meeting—Feb. 16, Edisto Discovery Park, 1914 Wiley St.
Spring Movie Series at City Roots—March 24, April 28, May 26
Owens Field Park cleanup—date TBD
Next RCC Meeting—April 19

Homes in the Rosewood neighborhood and businesses on Rosewood Drive have seen an alarming number of dangerous crimes, such as armed robberies, in the last few months. The Rosewood Community Council is holding a special meeting Thursday, January 19th, at 6:30 p.m. dedicated solely to addressing crime.

Please join your neighbors, our city councilmember Dr. Gergel, Captain Sharp of the Columbia Police Department, and business owners from Rosewood Drive as we work together to try to curb this problem. The meeting will be held at the Hamilton-Owens Airport conference room, 1400 Jim Hamilton Blvd.

If you see any street lights in the neighborhood that aren’t working, please report them to SCE&G at 1-800-251-7234. Let’s try to keep our streets lit and our neighborhood safe!

There have been more break-ins in Rosewood over the past week.  Kingswood and Beltline are getting hit hard. Please be alert and call the cops at 252-2911 for non-emergencies or 911 for emergencies. Examples of suspicious behavior could be when you see suspicious someone driving unusually slow and circling the block or walking halfway down a driveway and then back up.

You can look up daily police statistics for the whole city here.

The city has undertaken a Rosewood Neighborhood Plan to guide development in the Rosewood neighborhood and along Rosewood Drive. What do you want to see? More street lights? New development? Sidewalks? Please join us Thursday, December 15 for the second citizen input meeting. Have your voice heard! We will meet at the Edisto Park Discovery Center, 1914 Wiley Street, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. or 6 to 8 p.m. Both time frames cover the same information. An organized presentation by city staff will be followed by an informal workshop.

Click here for more information and lots of cool maps (scroll to the bottom) from the city’s website.

Many of you may have read about the rise in home burglaries in Columbia since the Thanskgiving weekend. The police generally see an increase in crime over the holidays. We’ve heard reports about three burglaries on Kingswood, one on Holt, and one on South Waccamaw in the last few days. Please be vigilant and report any suspicious behavior or cars driving by frequently to the Columbia Police non-emergency number: 803-252-2911. And of course call 911 if you see a burglary in process.

Columbia sure has come a long way. Check out this article from The State newspaper from 1973 about a bar on Rosewood Drive called the Rosewood Lounge–where Rockaway Athletic Club now stands.  The nightclub barred the women from entering, and even threw water on them from the roof.

Thanks to Debbie Bloom at Richland County Public Library for finding these articles for us!

If your trash is normally picked up on Thursdays, the city will pick it up on Wednesday this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Yard debris will be picked up on Friday, according to the usual schedule.

Rosewood Shopping Center originally housing the Colonial Stores grocery store, a nursery, a barber, and more!  It was 60,000 square feet of stores and had 280 parking spaces because “the automobile [had] changed the shopping habits of the average housewife.”  This newspaper article from 1954 describes the original shopping center. And can you believe this picture!

Thanks to Debra Bloom, at Richland County Public Library for finding these articles.