Investigations

Atlanta City Hall Tower, viewed from below. Vanessa Manley

Mayor promotes new Constituent Service chief who was subject of an inspector general investigation

The Office of Inspector General found that in 2022, Vanessa Manley used her position in the city for personal gain, failed to disclose outside employment and submitted a false invoice. 

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Atlanta City Hall Tower, viewed from below. Vanessa Manley
City of Atlanta paid out $25.8M in taxpayer-funded settlements over two years

Policing, vehicle accidents and employment issues cost the most in settlement payouts for FY24 and FY25.

Atlanta City Hall Tower, viewed from below. Vanessa Manley
Senior APD official failed to disclose financial interest in police tech company, ethics probe finds

A senior APD official held an equity stake in a police technology company while using his official position to promote the company’s products to departments across the United States, investigators say.

A Flock Safety Camera, which have been used to track license plates on behalf of ICE, sits center frame with a backdrop of trees.
Flock Safety’s license plate readers used for immigration enforcement by metro Atlanta police departments

Local police agencies’ data sharing policies created a national network of license plate readers, which local agencies have used to gather info on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Following inspector general’s resignation, city attorney, police raid offices of remaining OIG employees
Atlanta takes no Pride in MARTA’s weekend “special schedules”
Atlanta City Council Members sitting in Council Chambers listening to a member of the public
Atlanta City Council members under scrutiny in Inspector General probe
An organizer from the Cop City Vote campaign stands around a table of petition gatherers.
Former Municipal Clerk erred when publishing Cop City petition forms, Inspector General finds
Atlanta Police Foundation pushed ‘unprecedented’ surveillance plan
APD officer wearing an Axon body camera (Lev Omelchenko)
City opens ethics investigation into Freeman-Axon relationship
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