So what we did was to get the
Buckhead Council of Neighborhoo,
under the leadership of Deborah Wagon,
put together the Buckhead Safety
Alliance and created the Buckhed
Public Safety Foundation.
That alliance has gone and under
her direction and under with
the help of so many supporters.
So many hours of work and so many major
contributions from various sour.
Today is announcing these secury
patrols that will bring us,
make us safer in Buckhead for or
residents and for our visitors.
And so right with that, Deborah,
I would like to bring you to the
podium to give us more informatn
about these patrols.
Thank you.
Thank you Councilman Norwood,
always a tough act to follow
and thank you for everyone coming today.
I am really excited to tell youl
about the Buckhead Safety Alliae
patrols as Council Member, Norwood said.
Patrolling commercial
corridors is not a new concept,
but it is proven to reduce crim.
The two vehicles you see behind.
Are fully equipped police cruis.
These cruisers have been patrolling the
most used commercial corridors in Buckhead,
as highlighted on this map right here.
This is where they'll be patrolg
and APD's Zone 2 commander,
Major Mitchell and his staff identified
these as the commercial areas ad
greatest need of additional pat.
It's Northside Parkway here.
And West Paces Ferry from
Chattahoochee to Sutton Middle School.
It's how Mill corridor from Collier Rd.
To the Buckhead boundary, Peachtree Rd.
From the Peach Shopping Center n
to Brookwood Station, Roswell R.
From Powers Ferry to the city limits and
over to Chastain Park, and then Piedmont Rd.
From Far Rd.
Down to a I-85.
These are some of the most travd
corridors in Buckhead.
Beginning today,
off duty active Atlanta Police
Department officers with full at
power will travel these corridoo
deter unlawful activity and resd
quickly if crimes are in progre.
We have these two patrol cars
and a third one on the way,
donated by the Atlanta Police Foundation.
They are fully equipped vehicled
will give the officers all the s
they need to do their job effectively.
They will also have one important addition.
Each will have a dedicated cell phone
with a number that Buckhead Safy
Alliance businesses and members will have.
If the need arises,
the member can call 911 and thee
patrol car directly for immediate assistance.
The goal is to expand the resous
of greatest need and restore
a sense of safety in Buckhead.
These patrols will be nearby
when we are out shopping, dinin,
working and going about our day.
In addition,
this north side corridor passesy
a dozen public and private scho.
This offers protection for our youngest
citizens as they attend school d
during their after school activities.
As you can imagine,
the financial commitment required for
these patrols is not insignific.
In addition to the vehicles,
approximately $570,000 a year
is needed to staff the vehicles.
It's my pleasure to announce tht
as of today we have raised $4500
in in the donations in addition
to the police cars.
Impressive. These resources ense
that the bucket safety patrols l
operate through the end of the
year and we are actively seeking
donations to fund 2024 and beyod
and hoping to add more vehicles.
With this simple concept,
donations go almost exclusively
to adding more patrol hours.
Thank you to everyone who has already
donated many Buckhead businesse,
institutions, residents and community
leaders including the Buckhead Coalition,
its members, and among others.
We are so grateful.
I'm also incredibly grateful for
the support of the Atlanta Polie
Department and making this all reality.
And with that, it's my honor to
introduce our Atlanta Police Ch,
Darren Sherbaum.
Well, good morning.
Good morning everyone and thank
you Deborah for that introductin
and the great overview.
And I also want to acknowledge Jim here,
Jim Drett not only sporting
a very nice hat this morning,
but keeping the wind from blowig
away our our visual of where ths
footprint is going to be for the safety
initiative representing Holland.
Good morning, Council member Norwood.
Thank you so much for all you do
on the Public Safety Committee,
but also acknowledge our Deputy Chief
Operating Officer for the city.
Lasandra Burks,
that's here as well as Robin Loudermire,
Chairman of the Atlanta Public
Atlanta Police Foundation Board.
We appreciate your partnership.
You know,
whenever we look across the 245
neighborhoods that comprise
the city of Atlanta,
wherever we see effective
crime fighting underway.
And right now,
I'm very proud as I stand here y
to note the 25% reduction in crs
against persons that is occurrig
throughout the city of Atlanta.
There is always two things pres.
There is a strong community.
Partnership that is play.
And then there are dedicated men
and women of the Atlanta Police
Department that are on patrol
protecting that neighborhood.
And today when we roll out this
safety patrol and thank you
Buckhead Safety Alliance for
being the initiative behind thi.
Those two things are present to.
We say strong community support
that is here supporting the pat,
making sure that you are involvd
in court watch,
the neighborhood watch program.
Integrating and registering your
cameras and then being present y
to say that public safety is jut
not lip service but it's action.
Our mayor speaks frequently that
Atlanta is a group project and
he has made public safety his
number one priority in the city.
Giving record raises to our police officers,
the take home car program and supporting
the public safety initiative.
So the second part of that is te
incredible men and women that wear the
uniform of the Atlanta Police Department.
So through this initiative.
You will see more of the Atlanta
police officers on patrol alonge
corridors that Jim is showing y.
They will be there to assist with directions.
They'll be there to assist
with traffic control.
They'll be able to assist with responding
to those 901 calls that come in.
Being proactive to address criml
behavior where it may arise.
I am very proud of the men and n
of the Atlanta Police Departmen.
So thank you to the Buckhead
Safety Alliance for supporting
our officers and for our elected
officials for all you do for the
men and women of Zone 2 and acrs
the Atlanta Police Department.
It is my privilege to bring to
the podium your Zone Commander,
Major Mitchell and I would like
to take this if I can.
Councilmember Norwood and Deboro
say that for two years in the r.
The men and women under his
leadership have won the Crime
Reduction Award for the Atlanta
Police Department right here
in the city of Atlanta.
So Major, mention if you'll
come forward at this time.
Thank you, Chief.
Good morning, everyone.
You know, when I became the
commander of zone two last year,
I knew that it would be a chall.
But one of the things that I dit
expect was how readily the commy
would be willing to help and support me.
And there's officers of Zone 2.
You know, we've had great
partnerships with the community,
City Council members,
different stakeholders that have
allowed us to be able to do our jobs.
And their support is one of the things
that helped us win the Crime Reduction
Award the last two years in a r.
You know, I'm glad that we won the Crime
Reduction Award for the last two years,
but there's still more work to be done,
right?
There's a,
there's still crime that's occurring and
there's crime that needs to be suppressed.
And we're excited about tackling crime.
And one of the ways that we're
able to do that was with support
from local organizations like
the Buckhead Safety Alliance.
Thank you, Deborah.
And we look forward to these patrols.
We're excited about these patro.
A great supporter of the Atlanta Police
is the Atlanta Police Foundatio.
And here representing the Atlanta Police
Foundation today is Robin Loudermilk.
Would you like to come up
and say a few words?
Thank you.
All right. Thank you, Mayor Jal.
On behalf of the Atlanta Police Foundation,
we are delighted to join with
the Bucket Safety Alliance.
The Bucket Council of Neighborh,
the Bucket Coalition and the Atlanta Police
Department is broadbased community effort.
We've long recognized that publc
safety is maximized when our Poe
Department has a support of citizens,
businesses and the nonprofit community.
The Atlanta Police Foundation's fouryearold
partnership with the Bucket Coalition.
On the Buckhead safety plan,
help spearhead APF community
based strategy to public safety.
As many of you know,
a PF has spawned similar efforts
in other parts of the town,
including Midtown,
downtown and the West side.
I'd like to call
it out. The leadership of Councilwoman
Mary Norwood and Deborah Watten
of the Buckhead Safety Alliance,
their community leadership made it possible
for us to inaugurate this patrol today.
Thank you very much.
A PF specific contribution to ts
effort is providing the fundingd
outfitting of three police carsr
this new patrol and handling the
backshop payroll services for s.
I live in Buckhead and I take special pride
and special interest in today's event.
My role as Chairman of the
Atlanta Police Foundation Board,
I have many occasions to work w.
The Buckhead Coalition was a
longtime APF partner as well as
a key partner in today's news.
Thank you.
And please welcome to the Chairn
of the Bucket Coalition,
my friend Eric Kenny Black.
Thank you, Robin.
It's a real honor for me to represent
the BUCKET Coalition here today.
First, I want to give a shout oo
Councilwoman Norwood and to Deborah for
their tenacity in getting this .
And we were honored to partner h
you all to make today a reality.
As most of you know,
the Buckhead Coalition strives to improve
the quality of life for busines,
residents and visitors in Buckh.
And I can think of no better exe
of what we're doing here today n
launching the Buckhead Safety Alliance.
Public safety is a top priority
for all of us here in Buckhead,
and I believe that the Buckhead Safety
Alliance is really going to help us improve.
Our public safety in the commun.
I'm pleased that through the
efforts of the Bucket Coalition,
we were able to raise $250,000 towards
this effort and we'll continue
to do the same in the future.
We're grateful again to Deborahd
to Councilwoman Norwood for for their
leadership and at this time I want to
turn the mic back over to Deboro
she can get these patrols on the road.
And before we do that, does,
does Miss Bark want to say a few
words from the city? We'd love .
If you're available to do so.
No. OK. Anyway, I am like, you ,
very excited about these patrols and.
With this wonderful effort,
I'd like for one of our officero
get in and let's get this patrol
on the road. So thank you. We
won't make them drive
in.
No, it's in the window, Mary.
Leave it in there and
we'll leave the other. We'll lee
the other car here for
a minute for a photo op
if y'all would like, and then wl
send it out as well. Thank you.
I love these cars.
He's got it.
You got it up, honey.
It's really pretty, isn't it?
Thank you so much to each
and everyone of you and
I hope we'll have continued sup.
Are there any questions.
Yeah I have a question to
Chief Cheerbaugh. Good
morning Sir
certainly want to get it to you've been
telling everybody we we had
a problem with car crimes.
You can speak to how concentrating on.
Shopping corners and things like that.
The types of crimes that these officers
might be able to get maybe right there,
potentially catch.
I'm thinking of purse snatching.
I'm thinking of car crimes when you talk
about some of the things that that you
might be able to tackle in the court.
And property crimes is one of those as
people come to this area to shop in the many
vibrant shops and restaurants that we have,
we always want to be mindful of
car breakins that may be occurr.
So just the very visibility the
officers will be a deterrent to that.
If we do see suspicious activity or crime and
progress they'll be right there to respond.
And also think it's important to
note that we are very intelligee
driven Police Department.
So when these officers report to duty.
When officers report to duty
out of the Zone 2 precinct,
they will come equipped with the
areas that deserve their attentn
that they will be patrolling in.
What
would you say to folks
on the South side
that community partnerships are
vibrant and all across our city?
This isn't the only area of they
with a neighborhood supported patrol,
it exists elsewhere.
The citizens of this city must
know that this Police Departmen.
And our partnerships are presidt
all 245 neighborhoods and we frt
crime wherever it may appear.
So there should be no indication that
a partnership here reflects thee
case of this department elsewhe.
And we do support community
patrols all across the city.
You
know
there's a number of things at play here and
I think if we look around this audience,
we see our elected officials,
we see our business community.
We see business owners,
we see residents and the readers of the A JC
should know when we have crime reductions,
it is the whole city fighting c.
It is the mayor's comment when e
says Atlanta is a group project,
so cameras being integrated are part of that,
using intelligence driven policg
where we're going after gangs,
guns and drugs as part of that.
Our elected officials supportin,
the community supporting us is I
believe we stand here today witn
almost 40% reduction in our homicide rate.
It is going after repeat offends
that should not be on the street
that we see representing themses
in these areas and it's those ts
that we can influence, drugs,
guns and and gangs that were impacting.
We still need everyone's help though,
Sarah,
on those moments of anger when e
fighting over the most ridiculos
things and guns come to play.
So we'd still need everyone's help on that,
but I do appreciate the partnerp
I see today when I look across s
room and I am proud every time Brooks,
I see you or any member that's wearing
the Atlanta Police Department uniform.
You guys are doing an incrediblb
and just keep up the good work,
OK,
everything. If we
could call on you for a couple
of photos that
oh absolutely. I don't get that
off this on.