Anatomy of a Police Interaction: Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch Blog Post Series – Part 1
Anatomy of a Police Interaction: Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch Blog Post Series – Part 1 The following three blog posts depict police interactions between...
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Anatomy of a Police Interaction: Citizen Kenny and Officer Branch Blog Post Series – Part 2 Probable Cause to Arrest In Part One, we discussed...
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...
Read MoreNewsletter Spring 2024
APD Chief Schierbaum Reiterates His Support for the Atlanta Citizen Review Board During a scheduled presentation before the Atlanta Citizen Review Board’s March monthly meeting,...
Read MoreNewsletter – Winter 2024
A Partnership to Serve the Homeless and Teach Citizens About Oversight of Local Law Enforcement Always seeking collaborations, ACRB makes regular random cold calls to...
Read MoreThe Open Door: Attending ACRB Monthly Board Meetings
By Tamara Orange, ACRB Board Member & Interim Chair Do you want to know what is happening with officer accountability in Atlanta? Do you want...
Read MoreBody Worn Cameras
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...
Read MoreNewsletter – Fall 2023
A View From the Executive Director: Five Steps to a Comprehensive Complaint to ACRB Lee Reid, ACRB Executive Director Click Here to...
Read MoreHow to help the investigation into your police misconduct complaint.
Filing a complaint is an act of empowerment. It is a statement that you are concerned about the actions of an Atlanta police or corrections...
Read MoreGlad to See You!
Over the past spring and summer months, the Atlanta Citizen Review Board (ACRB) has been engaged in an aggressive community outreach and awareness campaign. We...
Read MoreNewsletter – Summer 2023
A View From the Executive Director: Our Process Did Not Fail. Our Integrity is Intact. Lee Reid, ACRB Executive Director As many of you know,...
Read MoreWhy should you join the ACRB?
The Atlanta Citizen Review Board (ACRB) is comprised of 15 citizens, who are just like you, committed to truth, justice, and a better community experience...
Read MoreWe All Have a Stake
By ACRB Executive Director Lee Reid By Executive Director Lee Reid I recently read an opinion column in the New York Daily News, “Leaving...
Read MoreThe views and opinions expressed on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Atlanta Citizen Review Board (ACRB). This blog is a forum designed to promote respectful discussions and expressions of thoughts and ideas related to increasing understanding of the community’s concerns about officer accountability with the goal of improving relationships between citizens and officers for general public consumption.