“No action could be lower or more futile than for one person to throw upon another the burden of [her] abdication of choice.” -Ayn Rand,…
The week after my SWAT tour within the Atlanta Citizens’ Police Academy was the ride along. Each member of the class was divided up into…
The visit to learn about the SWAT Team was interesting and really engaging. For me, probably not in the way the APD had hoped, but…
This week’s series on the APD’s Citizens’ Police Academy deals with a heavier topic: the Special Victims Unit. I won’t get into details of what…
A few days ago, I wrote a post about an Atlanta city public meeting I watched. In the post that followed, I didn’t want to…
I’m taking a break from my series on the APD and what I learned about it at the Citizens’ Police Academy to offer a note…
The APD session on narcotics was interesting, particularly after the previous week’s stint in the crime lab where (at the VERY end) we encountered a…
I would like to openly and publicly apologize to the Mayor of Atlanta, Andre Dickens, for the lackluster interaction he had with the board I…
A number of challenges in Georgia present themselves in Atlanta. People like to forget we’re all on the same team and often encounter the same…
Last week I wrote about my challenges within the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board (APAB) as we navigate the Executive Order signed by Mayor Andre Dickens…