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Atlanta Citizens Review Board and APD finalize MOU changes to tighten notifications and training access
Summary
An updated memorandum of understanding narrows notification windows to 24 hours, adds serious bodily injury and firearm discharges to ACRB review, and calls for joint implementation and training integration into APD SOPs.
The Atlanta Citizens Review Board (ACRB) and the Atlanta Police Department presented a revised memorandum of understanding to the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee on July 14 that tightens notification timelines, expands the category of incidents the board may review and calls for training and Standard Operating Procedure integration.
Lee Reid, executive director of the Atlanta Citizens Review Board, described the document as “a living document” developed over several months with input from the board, the mayor’s strategic team and APD. Reid said the MOU now explicitly covers shootings, deaths in custody, “serious bodily injury in custody” and firearm discharges.
The revised service-level commitments reduce APD’s notification…
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