Your Rights During a Police Encounter
Your rights during police encounter 1. Be treated with respect 2. To request the officer’s name and badge number 3. To remain silent during questioning...
Read MoreNewsletter 2026 – Volume 50
Your Voice First Quarter Newsletter 2026 | Volume 50 by Atlanta Citizen Review Board
Read MoreReducing Police Contact on the Roadway
Reducing Police Contact on the Roadway Based on ACRB‑filed complaints, traffic stops accounted for the majority of reported incidents in 2025. As part of our...
Read MoreDon’t Run!
During a recent ACRB Know Your Rights Training Workshop for young adults, a participant wanted to know more about why he should never run from...
Read MoreNew Beginnings
The last few months of my personal life have consisted of a lot of change. I’ve recently graduated college at Tennessee State University, but...
Read MoreFall Newsletter 2025 – Volume 49
Your Voice Fall Newsletter FALL 2025 | Voluume 49 by Atlanta Citizen Review Board
Read MoreNewsletter – Volume One 2025
From new board appointments to a landmark MOU with APD, ACRB is taking bold steps to ensure timely investigations, transparency, and stronger community protections
Read MoreOur Voice is Our Strength
Our Voice is Our Strength By Executive Director Lee Reid "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." –...
Read MoreCivilian Oversight & Policing: Mutually Reinforcing Trust Within our Communities
by ACRB Board Member Andrea Bilbija Ask any Atlanta resident what they value most in their strongest relationships and they will likely include trust. When...
Read MoreNewsletter – Summer 2024
2024 ACRB Summer Newsletter by Atlanta Citizen Review Board
Read MoreACRB Investigations Manager, Brian Fleming, Receives Equity Ambassador Certificate
It has been quite a distinguished career year for our staff member Brian Fleming. An ACRB Investigator Senior for some nine years, he was elevated...
Read MoreAnatomy of a Police Interaction: Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch Blog Post Series – Part 3
Search Incident to an Arrest In the previous posts, we discussed reasonable articulable suspicion, investigative stop, and probable cause to arrest, in this post we...
Read MoreAnatomy 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...
Read MoreAnatomy 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...
Read MoreOffice of Public Defender’s 4th Amendment Presentation
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...
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