COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — With freezing temperatures in the forecast next week, the Columbus Police Department’s Community Policing Unit is teaming up with a local business to collect and distribute cold-weather essentials for the city’s homeless population.

The partnership with The Rock Shop, a landscape materials business in Columbus, has already led to boxes of blankets, coats, gloves, socks, and hand warmers being gathered for those in need.

“This is truly heaven-sent right here. This is God’s work,” said Jolie Brazier of The Rock Shop. “At the end of the day, we are all human.”

The effort began when Sgt. Katina Williams of the Community Policing Unit and Rock Shop owner Jeremy Brazier started discussing community outreach projects after a Halloween event.

Brazier suggested creating a

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