The Atlanta City Council this week approved by a margin of 10-4 a new $90 million police, fire, and EMT training facility in southeast Atlanta, even as critics and protestors did their best to stop it. The sprawling 84-acre campus will be built on forested land, and has faced harsh criticism from opponents who say it isn’t necessary and would be destroying “old growth” forest. Supporters, however, including the majority of the city council, point out that the city desperately needs more and better trained law enforcement to confront the continuously spiking violent crime rate. Investing in public safety has the city’s ship RISING…
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The proliferation of Flock Safety license plate readers has been praised by law enforcement officials, and met with suspicion by critics. In fact, here in Georgia there have already been dozens of cases of law enforcement officers abusing the surveillance technology, often to track down personal acquaintances. The Atlanta-based tech company now has more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states, making an estimated 20 billion scans each month. But with great power, comes great responsibility, and abuse from our trusted law enforcement has Flock DRIFTING…
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