Atlanta Police Department

Atlanta Police Department

Infobox Law enforcement agency
agencyname = Atlanta Police Department
patch = Atlantapd.jpg
motto = "Resurgens"
mottotranslated = "Rising Again"
formedyear = 1873
country = United States
divtype = State
divname = Georgia
subdivtype = City
subdivname = Atlanta
legaljuris = City of Atlanta
sworntype = Officer
sworn = 1,639
non-sworn =
chief1name = Richard J. Pennington
chief1position = Chief of Police
stationtype = Zone
stations = collapsible list |title=8 |Headquarters|Zone 1|Zone 2|Zone 3|Zone 4|Zone 5|Zone 6|Airport
jails =
website = [http://www.atlantapd.org/index.asp Atlanta Police Department]
The Atlanta Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

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 1,639-officer force is led by Chief of Police Richard Pennington. At the urging of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, the Atlanta Police Department sought to have 2000 officers by the end of 2007. The department did not reach that goal, and recent fiscal problems have curtailed any large-scale effort to expand APD's ranks.

Demographics

Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of APD [ [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas00.pdf Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers] ] :

*Male: 83%
*Female: 17%

*African-American/Black: 57%
*White: 41%
*Hispanic: 1%
*Asian: 1%

Zones

Controversies

A federal investigation was conducted into the Atlanta Police Department's practices after the 2006 killing of 88-year-old Kathryn Johnston, who shot at officers who 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. [cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/26/atlanta.indictments.ap/index.html | title = Police officer, ex-officer plead guilty in woman's killing | publisher=Associated Press | date=2007-04-26] Furthermore, the federal probe into the police department revealed that Atlanta police routinely lied to obtain search warrants, including often falsifying affidavits.Fact|date=April 2008

Chiefs of police

ee also

* List of law enforcement agencies in Georgia

References

External links

* [http://www.atlantapd.org/index.asp Atlanta Police Department]


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