Columbia Police Dept
Due to the late nature of updates made to the Vehicle Stop Information form by the state, Columbia's CAD/RMS vendor was not able to make the needed alterations to the collection form prior to January 1, 2021. The Attorney General allowed the Columbia Police Department to continue to collect under the previous data points until the update was completed in April 2021. The significant decrease in stops from previous years was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chief's Special Order 20-500-1 (effective July 1, 2020), which modified traffic enforcement to reduce unnecessary exposure and contact with individuals during the pandemic disease outbreak. Stops were authorized only for hazardous moving violations, unless an officer had articulable facts that a person was a danger to the community. Under this condition, an officer could stop a person for reasonable suspicion other than a hazardous moving violation.