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  • Mayor Franklin feeling the heat

    Created: Sunday, 31 May 2009 05:57 Author: Kevin Moreau, The Sunday Paper
    May 29, 2009 It’s a balmy 82 degrees as I write this. But wherever Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is by the time you’re reading it, I imagine she’s feeling a lot more heat than that.A lot has happened since The Sunday Paper ran a cover story on May...

  • Injured APD officer defends angry sergeant

    Created: Friday, 29 May 2009 13:17 Author: Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Cop said he’d like to hit mayor with a baseball batBy Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThursday, May 21, 2009Former Atlanta police officer Mike McCain suffered a career-ending back injury when he came to the aid of two fellow officers in ...

  • Union leader says mayor is playing politics with injured officers

    Created: Friday, 29 May 2009 13:00 Author: MEGAN MATTEUCCI , ERIC STIRGUS, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Franklin asks feds to investigate ‘bat’ comment Union leader says mayor is playing politics with injured officersBy MEGAN MATTEUCCI , ERIC STIRGUS, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThursday, May 28, 2009Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s claims of bein...

  • Disabled Officers Call on Mayor for Help

    Created: Friday, 29 May 2009 12:39 Author: Leigha Baugham, myfoxatlanta.com
    By: Leigha Baugham, myfoxatlanta.comATLANTA (MyFOX ATLANTA) - The verbal sparring between Mayor Shirley Franklin and a contingent of Atlanta police officers appeared to heating up again Thursday. The head of a national police organization said Franklin ma...

  • Petition

    Created: Friday, 29 May 2009 12:26 Author: Webmaster
    On May 26th a petition was started by The Sunday Paper and Atlantans Together Against Crime to reinstate Sgt. Kreher. Follow this link to read the petition. ...

  • National union leader speaks up

    Created: Friday, 29 May 2009 12:03 Author: Megan Matteucci, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Police group’s president says Mayor Franklin is playing politics.He demands a public hearing for hurt officers.By Megan Matteucci, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFriday, May 29, 2009Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s claims of being intimidated by a un...

  • Injured cops video Shirley Franklin probably doesn’t want you to watch

    Created: Thursday, 28 May 2009 08:59 Author: Andisheh Nouraee, Creative Loafing
    AJC Political Insider Jim Galloway posted a video this morning I suspect Mayor Shirley Franklin doesn’t want you to watch.The video shows five men and women severely wounded while on duty as Atlanta police officers. Each claims the city is denying them ...

  • THE POLICE AND CITY HALL

    Created: Thursday, 28 May 2009 08:50 Author: Stephanie Ramage, The Sunday Paper
    Everyone on the Atlanta City Council is up for reelection. Some of them should be voted out.By Stephanie Ramage, The Sunday Paper Last week, the Atlanta City Council grilled Atlanta Police Department Sgt. Scott Kreher for nearly two hours. Near the end, ...

  • Atlantans debate officer’s baseball bat remark

    Created: Thursday, 28 May 2009 05:48 Author: CHRISTIAN BOONE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    By CHRISTIAN BOONE, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionWednesday, May 27, 2009In the wake of controversial remarks by the head of Atlanta’s police union about Mayor Shirley Franklin, a debate is unfolding:Is the mayor the victim or the victimizer?The quest...

  • A Petition to Reinstate Atlanta Police Sgt. Kreher

    Created: Wednesday, 27 May 2009 03:45 Author: Webmaster
    On May 26th a petition was started to reinstate Sgt. Kreher. The petition is spearheaded by The Sunday Paper and Atlantans Together Against Crime.Follow this link to read the petition. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/reinstatekreher/index.html The fol...

  • ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL, THE POLICE, THE MAYOR AND A BASEBALL BAT

    Created: Monday, 25 May 2009 06:23 Author: Stephanie Ramage, The Sunday Paper
    By Stephanie Ramage, The Sunday Paper  I stood outside the City Council Chamber yesterday at Atlanta City Hall with about 60 police officers and I heard Councilman H. Lamar Willis tell them, with a straight face, “The city has never had any money.”I...

  • Apology to Mayor Franklin

    Created: Saturday, 23 May 2009 10:01 Author: Sergeant M. Scott Kreher
    I wanted to express my sincere regret for the comments I made about you in our recent presentation to the City Council over the 2009/10 proposed budget on May 20th, 2009.  My actions were inexcusable and certainly not what our officers and City expect fr...

  • Cops seriously hurt on job say city stonewalls aid

    Created: Saturday, 23 May 2009 09:26 Author: Bill Torpy, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    By Bill Torpy,  The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSunday, May 24, 2009They were drawn together, five broken Atlanta cops, in a shared sense of futility and anger. Four are in wheelchairs. One is brain-damaged. All say the city has brutalized them for the p...

  • Atlanta's Finest: Claim Denied

    Created: Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:25 Author: IBPO Local 623
    Five Atlanta Police officers wounded in the line of duty say the city withholds the medical care they desperately need http://ibpolocal623.com/webcontent/library/2009/Atlanta-2009.wmv        ...

  • Atlanta 911 center comes under fire

    Created: Monday, 18 May 2009 05:12 Author: JEREMY REDMON, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    By JEREMY REDMON, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSunday, May 17, 2009Nearly 17 minutes passed between a May 9 call to the city’s 911 center and firefighters’ arrival at a southwest Atlanta home fire where children had been at a birthday party minutes...

  • Badges, bullets, and broken promises

    Created: Monday, 18 May 2009 04:50 Author: STEPHANIE RAMAGE, The Sunday Paper
    Five Atlanta Police officers wounded in the line of duty say the city withholds the medical care they desperately needBY STEPHANIE RAMAGEThere are five of them, with eight wheels between them, countless pills and shots, and many catheters. Their injuries ...

  • Obama Administrations proposed cuts

    Created: Tuesday, 12 May 2009 04:46 Author: Sergeant M. Scott Kreher
    There has been a lot of discussion about the Obama Administrations proposed cuts in the Public Safety Officers’ Benefit Act (42 USC 3796).  This is the Federal law that provides death and disability benefits as well as educational assistance to officer...

  • Atlanta Police Chief Responds To Audit

    Created: Wednesday, 06 May 2009 12:10 Author: Sarah Parker
    Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington is responding to an audit of his department. CBS Atlanta's Sarah Parker reports.Chief Pennington "This time next year I wont be here. "   ...

  • What is a Policeman

    Created: Wednesday, 06 May 2009 04:09 Author: Paul Harvey
    Paul HarveyWhat is a Policeman? ...

  • Mayor owes apology to police union leader

    Created: Tuesday, 05 May 2009 05:20 Author: Andisheh Nouraee, Creative Loafing
    May 4, 2009 at 1:19 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsShirley Franklin owes Atlanta police union head Sgt. Scott Kreher a public apology.Speaking at the Atlanta Press Club in January, Mayor Franklin announced her intention to grow the Atlanta Police Departmen...
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