A former Atlanta Police Department business manager is suing the city, alleging her firing was in retaliation for complaints made to her superiors against Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Tracy Woodard says she discovered the mayor was diverting funds dedicated to the purchase of new police patrol cars to the purchase, instead, of vehicles for his own personal use and that of his family. Woodard also charges that city police officers were not only chauffeuring the mayor on city business but also driving him and escorting members of his family on personal errands. City attorneys strongly deny these allegations but, coupled with the dark cloud over the Reed administration that is undergoing a bribery/contracting scandal investigation, Georgia’s capital city’s reputation is taking another hit and its boat is definitely DRIFTING…
Ga. Senate voices support for police training center
The Georgia Senate last week found time to vote on a couple of issues other than the redistricting process they were called back to Atlanta to sort out – one of those being the Atlanta law enforcement training center that has become a focus of national controversy. On Friday a resolution was introduced voicing support for the facility, which the Senate broadly supported by a 46-5 margin. All those opposed were Democrats, (three more abstained from voting) but the vote shows widespread support just as recent polls have. Georgia support for the state of the art training facility for police and other law enforcement is RISING…
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