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Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Yahoo
Columbus' top-paid employee in 2024 was a police officer who made $200K in overtime
Of the highest-paid city of Columbus employees in 2024, many weren't top administrators or department heads. They were Columbus Division of Police officers who made significant sums in overtime. Columbus' top-paid employee last year was police officer Adam Banks, according to payroll data the city released to The Dispatch in response to a request made under the Ohio Public Records Act. Of Banks' $349,699.44 in total compensation, $204,143.15 was overtime pay. He made more than Columbus police Chief Elaine Bryant, who made $276,050.84 in 2024 with no overtime, records show. About 12% of the city's nearly $1-billion total payroll last year went to overtime, according to the city's salary spreadsheet. Over half of the total payroll — $ 529,906,941.62, or 56% — went to employees of the Department of Public Safety, which encompasses the police and fire divisions as well as support services. About 11% of the total payroll across all departments went to overtime. Adam Banks, police officer: $349,699.44 ($204,143.15 of it overtime) Mysheika Roberts, city health commissioner: $294,025.39 Michael Exline, police officer: $277,436.27 ($142,423.01 of it overtime) Elaine Bryant, police chief: $276,050.84 Jeffrey Happ, fire chief: $274,102.98 Anthony Lowrey, police officer: $274,102.98, ($150,060.04 of it overtime) Scott Soha, police sergeant: $266,162 ($114,265.10 of it overtime) Kate Pishotti, public safety director: $262,198 David Gitlitz, police lieutenant: $261,670 ($93,242.35 of it overtime) James Marable, police sergeant in homicide unit: $260,854.52 ($103,875.06 of it overtime) Deputies at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office also made significant overtime in 2024, though seven of the top-paid county employees were forensic pathologists with the county Coroner's Office. The highest-paid Franklin County employee last year was Deputy Michael Christie, who made $325,626.90 last year, including at least $183,516.75 in overtime pay. The top-paid sheriff's office employees in 2024: Michael Christie: $390,493.45 (at least $183,516.75 overtime) Pedro Martin: $307,146.42 (at least $151,556.94 overtime) Matthew Robinson: $279,042.15 (at least $61,480.99 overtime) Janice Nash: $272,155.74 (at least $151,183.46 overtime) Joseph Smith: $271,109.51 (at least $17,061.81 overtime) Chad Thompson, an FCSO major who retired after 32 years in late summer 2024: $265,394.22 Matthew Miller: $264,954.47 (at least $126,247.06 overtime) David Chambers: $262,729.78 (at least $63,533.32 overtime) Christopher Andreini: $253,215.16 (at least $129,566.71 overtime) Gregory Bishop: $250,508.64 (at least $121,003.80 overtime) bagallion@ This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Top-paid city of Columbus and Franklin County Sheriff's employees
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Yahoo
Columbus police respond to social media video of officer arresting man holding baby
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus police addressed a video circulating on social media showing the use-of-force arrest of a man while he was holding his small child. A video on Facebook showed a man holding a small child while being arrested after parking in a designated COTA bus stop. Chief Elaine Bryant said an officer responded to an incident at 10:16 a.m. Friday in southeast Columbus. Bryant said the division was aware of the video on social media and reviewed the officer's camera footage, which was also posted online Saturday afternoon. Warning: This video contains screaming and foul language. Viewer discretion is advised. The footage showed a car parked mostly on the sidewalk in front of a residence as two adults holding a baby stood by their car. The man was not initially holding the child, but Bryant said he motioned for the woman to hand him the baby, which can be seen on the footage released by CPD. Bryant said the man appeared to be recording the officer, and video that appeared to be taken by both the man and the woman were posted online. The footage was from the dashboard of the police cruiser, so not all audio was coherent. But faint yelling can be heard throughout the interaction. The officer can be seen gesturing to the car before the situation suddenly escalated. Both men could be seen physically grabbing at one another and can be heard yelling. In the CPD video, the officer eventually grabs the man's arm, who is holding the baby. The man is eventually pressed against his vehicle while still holding the child, which is shown in both video perspectives. Bryant said the officer announced he was under arrest, and that the man repeatedly said 'kill me' during the struggle. Bryant also said the officer made more than two dozen requests for the man to give the child to the woman, some of which can be heard in the woman's social media post. In the social media post, the woman can be heard asserting that she cannot grab the child, who at that point was between the man being arrested and the vehicle he was pushed against. A sergeant arrived on scene soon after, Bryant said, and two CPD officers are seen on the social media video approaching the scene. One of the officers instructs the woman to step back in the woman's video post, and the woman then asked if she was supposed to take the child or not. Soon after the sergeant arrived, the child was given to the woman. Bryant said the officer used a level one use of force due to failure to comply and obstructing official business. She also said CPD referred the incident to the Department of the Inspector General for further investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
