Atlanta Police
| Atlanta Police Department | |
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Patch of the Atlanta Police Department
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| Motto |
Resurgens Rising Again |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1873 |
| Annual budget | $161,657,163 (FY 2011) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Atlanta in the state of Georgia, United States |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Atlanta |
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| Operational structure | |
| Officers | 2000 |
| Agency executive | Erika Shields, Atlanta Chief of Police |
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| Zones |
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| Website | |
| Atlanta Police Department | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Atlanta Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
The city shifted from its rural-based Marshal and Deputy Marshal model at the end of the 19th century. In 1873, the department was formed with 26 officers. Thomas Jones was elected the first Atlanta Chief of Police by the city council.
The 1,900+ officer force is led by Chief of Police Erika Shields. In 2012, at the urging of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, funds were appropriated to the Atlanta Police Department to expand the force to 2,000 officers. On October 25, 2013, it was announced that the Atlanta Police Department had 2,000 sworn officers.
The Atlanta Police Department works with the City of Atlanta Corrections Department, which operates three jails:
Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of APD:
A federal investigation was conducted into the Atlanta Police Department's practices after the 2006 killing of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston, who shot at officers as they entered her home unannounced on a no-knock warrant. Prosecutors alleged that the officers falsified information and documents after the killing to justify the serving of the warrant. On April 26, 2007, two officers pleaded guilty to manslaughter, violation of oath, criminal solicitation, and making false statements. One additionally pleaded guilty to perjury.
On July 8, 2011, it was reported in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that six police officers were fired for lying about events concerning a raid on the Atlanta Eagle Bar (which catered to gay persons). In June 2011, a 343-page report was released that details how 16 officers lied or destroyed evidence when asked about the raid on the Eagle Bar. At least two of the officers in question had been cited for lying on another occasion in a federal drug case in October 2009 (the federal prosecutors informed the Atlanta Police Department that they would never be used again in a federal prosecution).
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