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One officer was shot in the shoulder, another was shot in the leg and the other was grazed, Chief Darin Schierbaum said. Two of the officers underwent surgery, according to the chief.
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“Lawful use of force is never going to look good on video,” the officers' lawyer Lance LoRusso said. “You have to be trained to understand why the officers were doing what they were doing. There was a clear rush to judgement.”
Read More →The Atlanta Police Department released video, both dashcam and body-worn camera, showing when its officers located, pursued, and apprehended an armed robbery suspect following a PIT move to end the car chase.
Read More →Erika Shields was sworn in as Atlanta's Chief of Police on Tuesday, making her the second woman to take the post in the department's history.
Read More →An Atlanta police officer was recovering Thursday after reportedly being accidentally shot by another officer.
Read More →Atlanta Police officers have been moving into homes in some of the city's higher crime areas to live rent free and protect those neighborhoods.
Read More →Chief Rodney Bryant took the position as interim Chief of Police in 2020 after the resignation of Erika Shields over the killing of Rayshard Brooks. He was appointed to the position full-time in May 2021.
Read More →In an effort to make the high-crime area of Vine City in downtown Atlanta more secure, five Atlanta Police officers will move into new, two-story houses on James P. Brawley Drive starting in mid-November.
Read More →The consultants will likely face resistance from the rank-and-file, said Atlanta Police Union president Jason Segura. Officers have felt under siege since former Officer Garrett Rolfe was fired.
Read More →“I have to assume many of those officers who walked out won’t be coming back” said Atlanta Police Union representative Ken Allen.
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