Public safety leaders told the Cobb County Board of Commissioners they have completed a multiagency planning effort for MLB All‑Star Week and are finalizing operational details for public safety, traffic management and communications.

Director Register and other county public safety officials said planning has followed FEMA’s plan‑do‑check‑act approach and incorporated National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and an incident command structure (ICS). The county reported seven structured planning meetings with nine participating planning groups and recurring law‑enforcement coordination meetings held weekly.

Officials said the event action plan is in its finalization phase and that tabletop exercises and multiagency training sessions have been completed. The county described an incident command arrangement that will include a unified commander for daily operations and an MLB liaison as a single point of contact for MLB, the Braves and other commercial partners.

Public safety staff said they will deploy physical barriers to separate high pedestrian density areas from roadways; the count of barriers to be deployed was given as 147. Register asked that detailed barrier placement not be publicly broadcast; commissioners were told barriers will be put in place before events and are not expected to “impede” normal traffic but will separate pedestrians from vehicles in high‑volume areas.

County officials described three operational command centers — at Truist Park/The Battery, the Cobb Galleria and a mobile command unit — with the ability to adjust locations as events require. They said a restricted use workforce app will be available to authorized personnel to provide real‑time locations of responders; the app will not be available to the general public.

Officials also summarized expected national and international interest: organizers estimated about 3,700 media representatives and broadcasts to over 200 countries, with MLB alone accounting for roughly 20,000 hotel room nights. County staff estimated All‑Star Village attendance in the Cobb Galleria footprint of 60,000–70,000 across the event period, and described the Galleria activation as family‑oriented and managed by MLB.

Commissioners asked about communications to area businesses and workers concerning remote work and traffic mitigation; county staff said travel and tourism partners and the Cumberland CID have already contacted some businesses about temporary remote work options and other mitigations.

No formal board vote or policy change was taken during the work session; the briefing was presented for informational and coordination purposes.

Ending: Public safety leaders said planning, exercises and operational training will continue through the event window and that they will coordinate messaging with county communications to minimize disruption to residents and businesses.