Erika Shields is back in Atlanta, joining the leadership team of InVeris Training Solutions Inc., a Suwanee-based company, effective June 16.
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Amid training center debate, huge properties at other police and fire academies have unclear fate
As the Atlanta City Council deliberates on approving millions for the controversial and under-vetted public safety training center, also under-examined is the future of other police and fire academy sites where the City has already amassed hundreds of acres of land – more than enough for the training center itself. The former police academy on […]
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Judge denies dismissal of lawsuit alleging APD unlawfully arrested Black Lives Matter protesters
A federal lawsuit alleging that Atlanta Police Department officers unlawfully arrested a group of Black Lives Matter protesters in 2021 will proceed.
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Journalist to sue over police stop during training center protest coverage as free-speech complaints mount
A journalist who was detained and pressured to delete video by police at Atlanta’s public safety training center site is preparing to sue.
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Training center security costs $41,500 a day, planner claims
Security for Atlanta’s public safety training center site is costing $41,500 a day, according to court documents.
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Police actions against training center journalists are condemned by press group, entered in national database
The police detentions of two journalists covering Atlanta’s public safety training center protests are now in a national press-freedom violation database and have been condemned by a statewide journalism group.
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Georgia Power open to police horse stable reuse after substation work, says City Council member
The Atlanta City Council member pushing for a reuse plan for a police horse stable in Grant Park says landlord Georgia Power is open to such ideas as a public park – with the asterisk that major work is coming on a substation there.
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APD opens internal investigation into journalist’s detention during training center protest coverage
The Atlanta Police Department is investigating its detention of a protest-documenting journalist that civil rights attorneys say violated the First Amendment.
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APD assistant chief’s commentary on protesters and terrorism raise red flags for civil liberties attorneys
Commentary by the Atlanta Police Department’s second-in-command about terrorism charges against public safety training center protesters could endanger First Amendment rights and open the City to lawsuits, two prominent civil rights attorneys say.
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APD official reveals 12 arrested in protest raids, describes use of terrorism charges
A total of 12 protesters were arrested in raids at Atlanta’s public safety training center site and adjacent forest that were previously publicized for five terrorism charges, a top Atlanta Police Department (APD) official has revealed while commenting on their tactics.
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Molotov cocktails, fallen trees used by training center and land swap protesters, police say
Molotov cocktails and felled trees were among criminal tactics used last month in the destructive side of protests against Atlanta’s public safety training center and a DeKalb County parkland swap, police say.
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City Council member hopes to keep police horses in Grant Park as stables plan to move
Atlanta Police horses have been a Grant Park neighborhood fixture for years, and one City Council member hopes to keep it that way if the stables move to a new public safety training center.
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Atlanta Police interim chief gets the permanent job
Atlanta’s interim police chief now has the permanent job.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Interim APD Chief, StationSoccer, new “I Have A Dream” musical
In July 1996, all eyes were on Atlanta. Twenty-six years ago, the city held the 1996 Olympics, hosting 10,000 athletes from 197 countries to compete in 271 events. The games attracted two million visitors with $5.14 billion going to the local economy. Centennial Olympic Park in downtown still serves as an homage to the 1996 […]
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Former City COO named new Atlanta Police chief administrative officer
Peter Aman has been named to the new position of chief administrative officer for the Atlanta Police Department, tasked with modernizing and coordinating the force.
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Reporter’s Notebook: New Buckhead mini-precinct, Zoo releases largest North American non-venomous snake to natural habitat, MARTA job fair
This week 86 years ago, one of north Georgia’s greatest beauties — known today as the Chattahoochee National Forest — was established by President Franklin Roosevelt. Before this, the forest and its wildlife suffered greatly from hydraulic mining for gold, overcutting and poor management. The U.S. Forest Service eventually purchased 31,000 acres in 1911, planting […]
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Public safety training center committee attempts to remove skeptical member while construction remains secret
The advisory committee for Atlanta’s public safety training center has started a legally questionable process of kicking off a member for publicly criticizing its work. The DeKalb County official who appointed that member opposes the move and questions why the committee is not circulating information about the now secretive final site plan and construction permit applications.
