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The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, commonly known as Cop City, is a police and fire department training campus under construction in the South River Forest area of DeKalb County near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Much of the land included in the plans was formerly part of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, which was abandoned in 1995.
The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) is a police training exchange program based at Georgia State University that was formed in 1992. [1] [2] [3] The program primarily facilitates cooperation between Georgia law enforcement agencies and the Israeli Police, but also coordinates trainings between agencies from other countries and US states.
On July 8, 2011, it was reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that six police officers were fired for lying about events concerning the Atlanta Eagle police raid (which targeted the Atlanta Eagle, a gay bar). In June 2011, a 343-page report was released that details how 16 officers lied or destroyed evidence when asked about the raid on ...
Atlanta's city council on Tuesday approved funding for a new law enforcement training center that protesters have fought for years due to concerns about heavy-handed policing and the environment ...
Opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center are suing the city, saying the city clerk is delaying a petition drive that seeks to force a voter referendum on halting ...
The longstanding and at times violent protests against Atlanta's planned police and firefighter training center are partially responsible for a nearly $20 million rise in costs connected to the ...
The Atlanta Police Foundation was founded in 2003 to fund police activity that is not funded by government. [1] It is located at 191 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia. [2] Unlike police forces, which are accountable to the public, Atlanta Police Foundation is accountable solely to its own board of directors. [3]
In a highly anticipated vote Monday, Atlanta lawmakers will decide whether to move forward with a controversial plan to build a massive public safety training center, dubbed “Cop City” by ...