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…
Private property rights are a personal favorite of mine. My appreciation of local control is something that must have grown along with the crops in…
Sharing. It’s one of the first signs of mature development in a child, right? Sadly, we adults remain challenged by this basic human interaction and…
A note on recent news of Chief Bryant’s resignation: I wrote this entire piece weeks ago and then edited a little earlier this week. Yesterday…
Crime…Atlanta…Police…Protests…Cop City. There’s been a robust discussion in the last few years around these words. I personally think much of it is both overblown and…