Atlanta Police Department

May 2012 Highlights

Eight Atlanta police officers will leave Atlanta on Tuesday to take part in the Police Unity Tour bicycle ride down the East Coast and to honor a comrade

killed in the line of duty this year.

Senior Police Officer Gail Thomas, who died after being hit by an allegedly drunk driver while working a late-January wreck on the Brookwood

Interchange ramp from I-75 to I-85, will be on the minds of those officers as they make the four-day trek that begins Wednesday in East Hanover, N.J.,

and finishes 310 miles later in Washington.

AJC news article- Atlanta police bicyclists riding to honor fallen officer

Atlanta Police Officers ride in National Police Unity Tour

May 7, 2012

Officer Kristin Knight made her first official public appearance as the Atlanta Police Department’s new LGBT liaison at the HRC Dinner May 5, but she has

been out and open on the force since she began working on foot patrol seven years ago.

Knight, 30, said she came out to her family when she was 18 and moved to Atlanta to attend Clark Atlanta University from Milford, CT, where she was

born and raised.

GA Voice Story - New Atlanta Police LGBT liaison: ‘I work for you, with you’

Project Q Story- Meet the new LGBT liaison for Atlanta police

APD names new LGBT Liaison May 11, 2012

National Law Enforcement Day May 16, 2012

Article in the AJC Metro section

Chief George Turner salutes fallen officers as part of Atlanta

Interagency Law Enforcement Appreciation and Memorial Service

sponsored by Central Atlanta Progress, the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District and the Atlanta Bar Association and

Atlanta Bar Foundation.

An Atlanta police officer is being called a hero after rescuing an adult and three children during the height of Monday night's thunderstorms.

The Atlanta Police Department says they received a call around 8 p.m. to a home in the 2800 block of Cardo Drive concerning an adult and

three children lost in the woods.

Story from Fox 5 Atlanta

Zone 1 Officer Bradley Irwin rescues children in danger from swift-water storm.

May 21, 2012

The Atlanta Police Department and Community Oriented Policing Section want people to be aware and safe as summer approaches.

They're hosting a two-day event at Lenox Mall to teach people safety tips and let them meet the local men and women in blue.

APD Hosts COPS At Lenox Square

Buckhead Patch reports on MCOPS Unit proactive interaction at Lenox

SquareMay 21, 2012

Someone shot and beat a 61-year-old homeless man and left him to die in middle of the street in southwest Atlanta last year.

Months later,  police said they have arrested the man’s killer and they said robbery may have been the motive behind the September

slaying..

Examiner News Article

Suspect arrested in 61-year-old homeless man's robbery, murder

APD arrests suspect in the murder of a 61 year old homeless man.

May 22, 2012

In the first installment of our crime series, we looked at personal safety and what proactive measures you should take to lower your risk of

becoming the victim of a strong-arm or armed robbery and what to do if you are.

Today, Lt. D. Brent Schierbaum, the evening watch commander of the Atlanta Police Department's Community Liaison Unit, explains what we can

do to make our homes and business less vulnerable to crime.

Crime: Protecting Your Home, Business And Community

Community Liaison Unit Commander Lt. Brent Schierbaum offers personal safety tips, discusses Crime Prevention Through

Environmental Design (CPTED) May 23, 2012

Separate incidents resulted in a pair of arrests in Midtown early Wednesday morning including one man on a charge of armed robbery.

According to Atlanta Police Officer Kim Jones, two brothers were leaving the nightclub Quad @ Spring4th Complex, located at 714

Spring Street, at approximately 3:45 a.m.

Suspect arrested in Midtown armed robbery

Quick Arrest made in Midtown robberyMay 23, 2012

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City Channel 26 PSA Clean Car Campaign Click here to play

Prepared by Atlanta Police Department Public Affairs Unit

June 2012