In 2009 the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) continued providing valuable research for the strategic planning and development of the Atlanta Police Department.

Most recently the APF published – Police Force Strength: A Major City Comparison – which compares the police staffing levels in Atlanta with other major cities.  The report finds that Atlanta is well below the average of officers per square mile and officers per 100,000 residents when compared to other major U.S. Cities. The APF also completed the Atlanta Police Department Administrative and Operational Services Review.  This study was completed with help from a team from the Southern Company.  The team surveyed the processes and employees in several units then provided valuable information on how APD can streamline and become more efficient ultimately placing more officers on the streets and reducing crime.  In the wake of the Neal Street Shooting the APF and APD contacted the Bureau of Justice Assistance to review  APD’s narcotics training program.  The review was favorable of APD and provided an utline of recommended curriculum for the academics in future narcotics training.

Earlier in 2008 the APF coordinated an FBI/GBI audit of the APD crime reporting.  The APD received high marks for their crime reporting process.  The APF also coordinated a status report of the 2003 APD Linder Review. The 2008 status report provided an update on the progress APD has made in implementation of the 2004 Linder recommendations.

A complete list of the reports are available for download below:

• "Fragile Momentum: A Plan of Action for Rebuilding the Atlanta Police Department to Help Secure Atlanta's position as the Capital of the New South"
  
  
• "Four Years Later: A Status Review of the Atlanta Police Department's Implementation of the 2004 Linder Plan of Action"
  
  
• "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in conjunction with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), conduct a Quality Assurance Review (QAR) of the APD Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data"
  
  
• "Assessment of the Training Needs of the Atlanta Police Department Criminal Investigation Unit SES Unit Narcotics Unit"
  
  
• "Atlanta Police Department Administrative and Operation Services Review"
  
  
• "Police Force Strength: A Major City Comparison -- Recommendations for the City of Atlanta"
  

For additional information on these reports please contact Grant Hawkins at 404.586.0180 or ghawkins@atlantapolicefoundation.org.