This week’s tragedy in Atlanta was horrible, yet not uncommon, sadly. I was actually pretty surprised about an active shooter situation making the news so…
In the past few days, the Atlanta Police Department has released its body camera footage and the audio accompanying it of the “clearing” of the…
This was the third and final scheduled town hall for Mayor Dickens. The location change was so abrupt that the pre-printed question forms still had…
I attended the second Town Hall for Mayor Dickens, this time at Peachtree Road Methodist. In contrast to the not-quite-filled pews of Cascade Methodist, Peachtree…
The City of Atlanta has named its new Commissioner of Planning, after long last, and she happens to be a white woman (h/t to John…
…Retaliation, rubber stamps, and red tape, essentially. The last time I wrote about the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, I shared that I discovered (by attending…
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…
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…