Anatomy of a Police Interaction: Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch Blog Post Series – Part 1 The following three blog posts depict police interactions between Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch.  The three-part series involves one scenario as it plays out from the beginning of the officer’s shift through the interactions between Citizen Kenny and Officer […]

Anatomy of a Police Interaction: Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch Blog Post Series – Part 2 Probable Cause to Arrest In Part One, we discussed reasonable articulable suspicion involving Officer Branch and Citizen Kenny. Officer Branch possessed reasonable articulable suspicion to approach Kenny to conduct an investigative stop. In this blog post, we will pick […]

The following three blog posts depict police interactions between Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch. The three-part series involves one scenario as it plays out from the beginning of the officer’s shift through the interactions between Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch. The blogs post will discuss investigative stops, reasonable articulable suspicion, probable cause to arrest, and […]

On Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., the City of Atlanta Office of Public Defenders presented their 4th Amendment Presentation to board members of the Atlanta Citizen Review Board.  The presentation is part of the agency's Spring Check-Up Knowledge Campaign which holds the purpose of preparing citizens for the possibility of increased police interactions as […]

By Tamara Orange, ACRB Board Member & Interim Chair Do you want to know what is happening with officer accountability in Atlanta? Do you want to know how the ACRB addresses citizens’ complaints against Atlanta police and corrections officers? I invite and STRONGLY ENCOURAGE you to visit the ACRB monthly board meeting where the board […]

By Tamara Orange, ACRB Board Member & Interim Chair The ACRB is committed to providing a fair forum for the investigation and adjudication of citizen complaints against Atlanta police and corrections officers. This is one of the agency’s hallmarks and it guides the way we conduct our work. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, fairness is […]

By Tamara Orange, ACRB Board Member & Interim Chair Typically, when a dispute happens between two parties, unless there are witnesses, it is one party's word against the other. That was the way things were when citizens had complaints against the Atlanta Police. Through the invention of Body Worn Cameras, policing in Atlanta would change […]

A View From the Executive Director: Five Steps to a Comprehensive Complaint to ACRB Lee Reid, ACRB Executive Director       Click Here to view 2023 Fall Newsletter Filing a complaint is an act of empowerment and a statement that you are concerned about the actions of an Atlanta police or corrections officer. It […]