Apf Support

*secure neighborhoods*community policing is a core principle of the atlanta police department and to be most effective it should be led by officers who live within the communities they serve. Apf's secure neighborhoods program is aimed at providing pathways for atlanta police officers to achieve affordable in-city residency from the earliest point in their career. Through strategic partnerships, the program offers below market apartment living for police recruits, subsidized officer rental units, courtesy officer positions and for-purchase single family homes in crime challenged neighborhoods. All participants are required to actively engage within the community through a variety of means such as youth mentorship, extra security patrolling, community service engagement as well as neighborhood meeting attendance. These engagements are designed to encourage mutual Support and understanding, improve department culture and reduce crime. In 2023 Apf constructed and sold an additional 4 homes to well qualified police officers in an effort to reduce crime and build relatonships in strategic neighborhoods. That effort was bolstered by an apartment rental program aimed at achieving the same goals. More than 75 officers particpated in that program in 2023, expanding the program to its highest level of partcpation yet.