Tag: Georgia agencies: Page 52

Weapons

Atlanta PD Transitions to Glock Pistols

The agency ordered 2,300 Glock 22 Gen4 pistols for a department-wide transition to Glock firearms. SWAT officers will get the Glock 21 in .45 ACP.

July 18, 2013

Vehicle Ops

New Ga. City Hires Officers, Unveils Patrol Cars

The Brookhaven (Ga.) Police Department, which unveiled its new vehicle fleet on Tuesday, will take over patrol duties from the DeKalb County Police Department on July 31.

July 14, 2013

Training

Ga. Officer Celebrates 50 Years On the Force

Savannah-Chatham (Ga.) Police Cpl. Clifford Perry Jr. celebrated a rare milestone this week when he marked 50 years of service with the agency.

July 12, 2013

Vehicle Ops

Ga. Agency Using Hybrids as Marked Patrol Cars

The Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) Police Department plans to deploy at least four hybrid vehicles—Toyota Priuses and Ford Fusions—as marked patrol cars for an estimated fuel cost savings of $2,500 per car per year.

July 10, 2013

Patrol

Atlanta Police: Citation Revenue Will Fund Pay Raises

An internal Atlanta Police Department email made public by WSB informed officers that traffic ticket money would pay for future pay raises.

June 26, 2013

Patrol

Ga. K-9 Dies After Being Left In Cruiser

A Woodstock (Ga.) Police officer has been placed on administrative leave after his K-9 died of heat stroke caused when the officer left him in his patrol car at home.

June 19, 2013

Patrol

Reinstated Ga. Sergeant: 'I'm Back In the Game'

The Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) Police Department reinstated a sergeant this week six years after she was nearly fatally stabbed while working a security detail in uniform.

June 19, 2013

Training

Troubled Ex-Cop Killed In Ga. Evidence Room

A former Sardis (Ga.) Police officer once nicknamed "Robocop" was fatally shot by a current officer early Monday after he was found in the station's evidence room wielding an ax.

June 10, 2013

Special Units

Atlanta's Street Gangs Emerged from Projects

Two street gangs in particular—the International Robbing Crew, one of the more violent in Atlanta's history, and 30 Deep, currently one of the city's most criminally prolific—have come to prove that Atlanta gangs are now different creatures.

June 6, 2013

Patrol

Ga. Foot Pursuit Ends When Man Plummets Into Ravine

A suspect died early Wednesday in Macon, Ga., when he ignored an officer's warning not to jump a fence and fell about 60 feet into a ravine. The man fell into the deep ravine following a foot pursuit.

June 4, 2013

Training

Ga. Chief Cleared of Racial Slur

A veteran Columbus (Ga.) Police officer has resigned after his claim that his chief racially slurred a county marshal was refuted. Officer Jeff Foxx resigned Thursday, after he failed a polygraph test regarding his claim that Chief Rickey Boren used the "N" word.

May 14, 2013

Patrol

Reese Witherspoon To Ga. Cop: 'Do You Know My Name?'

Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon told an Atlanta Police officer he would "find out who I am" and appear on national news for arresting her husband for drunk driving.

April 21, 2013