A new “task force” for Atlanta’s public safety training center, beset by a transparency controversy, will hold its first partially public meeting via Zoom next week.
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Georgia ACLU resigns from new training center task force, calls for project’s halt
The Georgia ACLU has resigned from the new task force about the controversial public safety training center and called for a halt of its construction.
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Georgia Tech’s removal of student journalist’s account of training center reporting raises free speech concern
Georgia Tech has removed from its website a student journalist’s first-person account of critical reporting on Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center, raising issues of free speech and academic freedom.
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Training center permit appeal is denied; may head to court
A DeKalb County board has shot down an appeal of the Atlanta public safety training center’s land disturbance permit (LDP) in a largely technical decision that could send the underlying pollution issue to court.
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King Center CEO calls for public safety training center to move
Rev. Bernice A. King is calling for Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center to be moved to a new location.
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Christmas gifts to training center committee ran afoul of ethics rules, City says
Christmas gifts given to the public safety training center’s advisory committee by the Atlanta Police Foundation ran afoul of ethics rules.
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Mayor names new training center/forest task force, but role and transparency remain unclear
The task force’s exact role, authority and transparency remain unclear, including to some groups with seats on it.
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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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With so much unknown about training center plan, everyone’s a protester
With all the heat these days on who’s right and wrong about Atlanta’s public safety training center, it’s remarkable how little we know about what the plan actually is.
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Human rights, press freedom groups oppose training center protesters’ terrorism charges
Major human rights and press freedom groups have signed onto a letter calling for dismissal of domestic terrorism charges against protesters of Atlanta’s public safety training center.
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Training center maps suggest outside property used to meet green space requirements
Planners of Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center appear to be counting properties outside its legal boundaries to meet a lease-required amount of green space.
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Atlanta mayor announces task force to merge training center and park input
The task force will merge input on the controversial public safety training center and a still-mysterious parkland plan.
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South River Forest vision report calls for 445-acre park around training center, green jobs, more
The newly released South River Forest green space vision report includes such big ideas as green jobs programs, affordable housing pilots, and a new, 445-acre park centered on the former Atlanta Prison Farm and its controversial public safety training center.
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City Hall in confusion over training center advisory committee vacancies and administration
Membership, vacancies and administration of the public safety training center’s advisory group are all causing City Hall confusion and mystery.
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Judge denies request to halt training center work pending appeal
A judge has denied a request to halt work on Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center pending a permit appeal. But he also ordered its planners to conduct daily inspections to ensure minimal land disturbance.
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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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Training center permit appeal opposed by state environmental official, review committee chair
The appeal of the Atlanta public safety training center’s land-disturbance permit is being opposed by a state environmental official and the head of the plan’s review committee.
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Environmentalists and DeKalb commissioner ask court to halt training center work pending permit appeal
The resident appealing the land-disturbance permit for Atlanta’s public safety training center is asking a court to halt all site-clearing until that appeal is heard.
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Mayor Dickens reveals his governing strategies to Atlanta Press Club
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens hopes the state will help the city fulfill its top priorities, and he is working hard to have good relations with Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, House Speaker Jon Burns and other elected leaders.
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Training center permit challenged by its own review committee member; another quits over protester killing
One member of the training center’s own review committee is challenging its permit, while another has resigned over police killing a protester.
