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 Atlanta Police Foundation 1. Training Program(Programs) Atlanta, GA The APF and the Atlanta Training Academy work together to bring nationally recognized trainers to the APD to provide specialized training to officers. Effective training is crucial to establishing and sustaining effective and professional police departments. The Training Program provides specialized training opportunities for APD staff above and beyond those ...

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 Atlanta Police Foundation 2. Scholarships(Programs) Atlanta, GA The Scholarship Program was developed to help meet the APDâ??s retention goals by assisting APD employees who elect to enrich their performance and increase skills through higher education from a regionally accredited university. The ability of officers to return to school improves morale and builds strong departmental leadership. Officer retention ...

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 Atlanta Police Foundation 3. Mounted Patrol(Programs) Atlanta, GA Police Mounted Patrol Units are considered to be huge assets to community policing in major cities. They are recognized as the most effective means of crowd control; they increase police visibility; and they provide perspective from which to monitor community activity. The APF has been instrumental in restoring APDâ??s unit ...

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 Atlanta Police Foundation 4. Operation Shield(Programs) Atlanta, GA Partnerships between the public and private sectors are essential for optimum public safety and emergency preparedness. In Atlanta, there is an estimated 20:1 ratio between private security officers and law enforcement and Operation Shield leverages private security to be more eyes and ears on the street for APD. Operation Shield ...

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 Atlanta Police Foundation 5. In-City Housing(Programs) Atlanta, GA The In-City Housing Program was established to encourage APD officers to live in the city in which they serve. More officers living in the city of Atlanta ultimately increases police visibility, improves emergency preparedness, and intensifies officersâ?? investment in the communities they serve. The APF Housing Coordinator works with APD ...

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 Atlanta Police Foundation 6. Recruitment(Programs) Atlanta, GA Recruiting a strong police force is important because it puts more officers on the street and increases police visibility in the city of Atlanta. Increasing police visibility creates a deterrent effect and prevents future crimes. The program provides assistance in recruitment advertising, branding and marketing, as well as providing internal ...

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 Atlanta Police Foundation 7. Crime Stoppers Atlanta(Programs) Atlanta, GA Crime Stoppers is a national crime prevention model which provides an avenue for citizens to anonymously report information on criminal activity to local law enforcement in return for a reward for those tips leading to the arrest and indictment of a suspect. The program utilizes collaboration between law enforcement, the ...

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 Georgia Innocence Project 8. Rebuilding Lives: Life After Exoneration(Programs) Atlanta, GA GIP's Life After Exoneration program is one of the most active of any Innocence organization in the country. GIP partners with a major law firm to benefit each new exoneree. Assisting with tasks large and small, from getting a new driver's license after release to petitioning the legislature for financial ...

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 Georgia Innocence Project 9. Educating Law Students(Programs) Atlanta, GA GIP hires 6-12 students each semester from law schools all around the country. Under staff supervision, these students process GIP cases, learning best practices in criminal law investigation and defense. More than 100 law students have worked at GIP since its inception. Many of them have gone on to work ...

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 Georgia Innocence Project 10. Exonerating the Innocent(Programs) Atlanta, GA The Georgia Innocence Project (GIP) exists for a primary purpose: to exonerate and free the wrongly convicted. Based on the visionary work of The Innocence Project (Cardozo Law School, New York), GIP investigates criminal cases where DNA evidence not tested at the time of trial might still exist and might ...

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