Downtown Columbia Residents Want Cameras, Safety

Howard County Police recently stepped up security at the apartment complex in Swift Stream Place after a string of robberies were reported in June.

  Ghazala Rafique moved into the Columbia Town Center Apartments almost three years ago with her daughter. She thought the neighborhood, compacted into a street circle less than a quarter-mile long, was a nice upscale community close to the mall. Last year, however, Rafique said she and her daughter got a visit from a police officer, warning them of a television thief who had broken into several of their neighbors' homes. This was the first security problem she said they had encountered at the Columbia Town Center Apartments–the only residential area on Swift Stream Place. Then in March, a burglar entered Rafique's home while she was away and stole $10,000 worth of her daughter's jewelry, she said. "The only reason I can think of as to why…

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