Atlanta Police Foundation

*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 participated in that program in 2023, expanding the program to its highest level of participation yet.

*officer support programs*no program is more imperative to apd's success than those offered through apf's officer support programs. Apd's professionalism, reputation and staffing directly benefit from the effort and funds generated by these programs. In 2023, Atlanta continued to work on the Police attrition and hiring issues affecting law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Apf's programs are designed to recruit new talent, while maintaining the dedicated and well qualified Police professionals who work for the agency today.a. Atlanta Police leadership institutethe Atlanta Police leadership institute provides ongoing education for apd officers who seek promotion to higher leadership positions within the department. All apd recruits must complete tier i of the program. Tiers ii-v are required components of apd's promotional process, with the final tier being dedicated to only those who demonstrate the capacity of becoming a Police chief. The program has a dedicated and scholarly team whose focus is to ensure that the training offered is best in class and focused on leadership. In 2023, apli lead initiatives and delivered training to over 350 law enforcement personnel both sworn and not to include 1,000 hours of leadership training, 30 hours of community engagement, and 24 hours of officer resiliency training.b. Scholarshipsin 2023, apf provided financial aid to more than 20 apd officers and civilian employees by way of tuition reimbursements and advanced leadership training. These reimbursements allow officers to obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines, strengthening the professionalism and knowledge of apd officers. Tuition reimbursement participants agree to extend their employment commitments with apd for an additional three years for this scholarship award. This program is a key element in the improvement of attrition numbers and strengthens the ranks. C. recruitmentin 2023, apd added 196 to the ranks moving closer to the goal of hiring 250 officers per year. The apf "build the force" campaign, launched in 2022 to support apd's hiring initiative, continues to be instrumental in the growth of hiring top candidates for apd. D. life insurancethanks to the philanthropy of the congregation of peachtree presbyterian church, every apd officer, Atlanta fire rescue officer, and fulton county sheriff is covered by a $100,000 life insurance policy in the event of loss of life in the line of duty. This program is a key example of community support apf continues to uncover for the men and women who put their lives on the line for all of us. This has been a long-standing offering made consistently possible by the generous support of the church's leadership and congregation.

*at-promise*apf's at-promise initiative entered its sixth year of operations in 2023. The program's mission is to divert youth from criminal activity towards a productive life outside of the criminal justice system. Youth who are referred to the program receive a customized plan of wrap-around services designed specifically for the youth. These individualized programs are developed following a comprehensive therapeutic assessment which is performed on everyone who enters the program.apf works with more than 30 social service agencies who apply the appropriate professional expertise to each individual case, ensuring relevance and a personalized approach.the westside at-promise center has been in operation since august 2017, serving more than 2,100 youth. The services provided include individual, group and family therapy, educational assistance such as tutoring, ged classes, steam instructions and homework assistance, workforce development, music, digital media, and recreational activities. In 2020, apf opened its second at-promise center, located on metropolitan parkway on the southside of Atlanta, and opened its third at-promise center in march 2022, on the campus of the andrew and walter young family ymca on campbellton road in southwest Atlanta. At-promise statisticsrecidivism rate: 8.9%number of high school seniors who graduated in 2023: 100%number of youth who received a ged in 2023: 13number of youth who received a job in 2023: 89% (of those who applied)there were 126 volunteers at field day in 2023.

*operation shield & connect atlanta*operation shield has become the essential framework supporting apd's real-time crime intelligence center. The device grid is comprised of thousands of video cameras, license plate readers, and gunshot detection devices, and is monitored around the clock by a dedicated team of sworn officers and civilian personnel. These technologies remain critical to apd's investigative and interdiction efforts.in 2023, operation shield grew by an additional 78 city-owned devices to more equal more than 1,562 cameras and more than 692 license plate readers. With the relatively new capability to ingest private secort devices via the fusus platform, the connect atlanta/operation shield footprint now extends to 19,865 cameras across atlanta.the connect program includes a handheld radio component that facilitates direct communication between private sector security personnel and Atlanta 911. Thirty-five new users joined the program in 2023, increasing the total to 250 participants. These programs are vital to Atlanta's crime reduction strategy and demonstrate the value of public/private partnerships. *crime stoppers of greater atlanta*crime stoppers of greater Atlanta (csga) continues to be the largest crime stoppers program within the southeastern united states. The Atlanta Police Foundation (apf) manages the metro wide program, under the supervision of an apd sgt. They work collaboratively with over 100 law enforcement jurisdictions spanning over 70 counties; while simultaneously working with a diverse subcommittee of apf board members, whose focus is to ensure oversight and governance of the program. In 2023, there was approximately 5,000 anonymous tips processed, and over 7,500 tip follow ups; many of which led to the arrest of violent offenders, and the recovery of approximately $200,000 in property, drugs, guns, and cash. Crimes against persons fell by 18% in Atlanta in 2023, and csga was a contributing factor to that reduction. More than $66,000 in reward payments were approved in 2023 by the program, leading to the arrest of approximately 62 criminals. Aggravated assault made up the bulk of the arrests by the program, followed by drugs, robbery, and murder. *repeat offenders*the commission formulated the repeat offender tracking unit (rotu) in 2022 to execute the commission's strategic objectives while creating an atmosphere of collaboration. Rotu enables officials of the relevant city, county, state, and federal agencies to work in closer coordination, share relevant information in real time. Building on the success from 2022, the initiative expanded its partnerships and efforts to improve the system in 2023. In 2021 repeat offenders made up 30% of apd felony arrest, in 2022 this number dropped to 26%, and in 2023 down to 24%. Led by apd, the tracking unit identified 1,021 individual repeat offenders in 2023, who in total accounted for 1,195 new criminal cases. The unit's work has increased the prevalence of these repeat offenders being held without bond by 4% in 2023 as compared to the previous year. The commission formulated new partnerships creating a coalition of over 30 different organizations, to include the fulton county accountability court, and us attorney's office.the tracking unit was able to refer over 300 offenders to the fulton county accountability court rehabilitation program and had a 57% acceptance rate for the federal case adoption for violent repeat offenders. The rotu played a major role in the cities crimes against persons drop of 18% in 2023, and is continuing to create enhancement, and solutions for the multijurisdictional criminal justice system. The unit is staffed by members of the Atlanta Police Foundation (apf), Atlanta Police department, fulton county sheriff, fulton county district attorney, and state office of community supervision. Several other state, county and federal partners regularly attend monthly working group meetings hosted by the repeat offender tracking unit to ensure the effort is comprehensive and holistic. Preliminary work is being conducted to introduce gps tracking technology to the program. In 2023 the tracking unit conducted a pilot to test new tracking technology in an effort to improve electronic monitoring. The commission has made a recommendation to have stricter monitoring of repeat offenders pretrial. The goal of this is to achieve deterrence through live monitoring of these offenders. This ability comes as a benefit of the infrastructure investment made by apf in 2021 to improve apd's real time crime center.