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The Atlanta Police Foundation was founded in 2003 to fund police activity that is not funded by government. [1] It is located at 191 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia. [2] Unlike police forces, which are accountable to the public, Atlanta Police Foundation is accountable solely to its own board of directors. [3]
The city is expected to pay one-third of the cost, with the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) paying the rest. [3] Plans for the 85-acre (34 ha) facility were announced in 2017 [citation needed]. According to the APF, the project provides "the necessary facilities required to effectively train 21st-century law enforcement agencies responsible for ...
In September 2021, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, accompanied by Dave Wilkinson, CEO of the Atlanta Police Foundation, said the site had been selected to house a training center, as it was deemed the only suitable location available to the city. [11] Bottoms had previously endorsed the use of the site in spring of the same year. [11]
The 85-acre project was approved by the Atlanta City Council in 2021 and is backed by the Atlanta Police Foundation, a nonprofit largely funded by corporate donors.
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On July 8, 2011, it was reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that six police officers were fired for lying about events concerning the Atlanta Eagle police raid (which targeted the Atlanta Eagle, a gay bar). In June 2011, a 343-page report was released that details how 16 officers lied or destroyed evidence when asked about the raid on ...
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