As the Atlanta City Council weighs the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative legislation, records show the city paid consultants who promoted it at meetings and in city media without identifying their roles. At least $100,000 came out of the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
911 records show nearly 20 minutes elapsed before an ambulance was dispatched after a man was found hanging inside Stewart Detention Center.
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.
Policing, vehicle accidents and employment issues cost the most in settlement payouts for FY24 and FY25.
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.
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.
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