Who polices Columbia
Columbia is covered by a resident state trooper assigned from Connecticut State Police Troop K. There is no municipal police department, so the officer who arrests you in Columbia is a state trooper.
A resident trooper is assigned to the town rather than passing through it, which means the same officers tend to handle the same calls. For a reader the practical points are that booking runs through the state police, and that the number to call about someone being held is the troop rather than a local station.
Where your case goes
Columbia cases are heard at Rockville Superior Court, GA 19, in the Rockville section of Vernon, north of town. Columbia sits near the edge of the district, so if your paperwork names a different courthouse, check it against the court page and ask an attorney rather than guessing.
Released after the arrest, you appear on the date on your paperwork. Held, you go to court the next business day.
After the arrest
What happens next turns on how you left. Released by the trooper on a promise to appear or after a bond, you appear on the date on your paperwork. Held, you are in court the next business day and the judge revisits the bond. The bond and bail page explains the types and the arrest page explains booking.
Do not describe the incident to anyone before you have an attorney. That includes the person the case involves, and it includes a call from a holding cell, which is recorded.
For a family violence arrest the timetable is fixed: court the next business day, and a protective order at that appearance. If you disagree with the order, the moment to say so is then, not later. The arraignment page covers the appearance and the what to expect page covers the case around it.
Common charges in Columbia
The Columbia docket at GA 19 is the ordinary mix: DUI, assault, domestic violence and family violence, drug possession, and larceny and shoplifting. A first offense frequently qualifies for a diversionary program, and most of those can be used only once, which is why the timing of the application is a real decision rather than a formality.