Tag: APF

  • Both sides argue irreparable harm in Cop City environmental lawsuit

    Both sides argue irreparable harm in Cop City environmental lawsuit

    “We are building in a war zone,” Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) Board Member, donor, and attorney Simon Bloom told U.S. District Court Judge Jean-Paul Boulee, during a two-hour hearing Wednesday morning over a civil environmental lawsuit that could halt construction at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.  A court-ordered halt on construction, “even for one…

  • “The sky is the limit here”: Atlanta Police Foundation’s early history

    “The sky is the limit here”: Atlanta Police Foundation’s early history

    The early years of the APF are deeply tied to one individual: former APD Chief Richard Pennington, who ran the department from 2002 to the end of 2009. During his tenure as police chief, the APF transitioned from a startup non-profit to a well-funded political power player in the city of Atlanta.

  • In Their Words episode 1: Priscilla Grim

    In Their Words episode 1: Priscilla Grim

    I first learned about the fight to stop cop city this time last year while I was laid up for a month and a half from a bad leg injury. I read online about how the people of Atlanta had made several hours of public comments to the City Council, only to be ignored and…

  • Construction work stopped briefly as Cop City protesters enter site

    Construction work stopped briefly as Cop City protesters enter site

    Thursday morning a group of Cop City activists invoked a “people’s stop work order” and chained themselves to equipment at the construction site for the proposed Atlanta Safety Public Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City. 

  • Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists

    Georgia Attorney General brings RICO indictments against 61 activists

    The Georgia Attorney General’s Office filed RICO (racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations) charges against 61 individuals alleged to be part of the Stop Cop City Movement.  The indictment was filed Aug. 29, but went unannounced and unnoticed until the Atlanta Community Press Collective broke the story on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, Tuesday morning.

  • Stop Cop City activists launch referendum campaign to cancel lease

    Stop Cop City activists launch referendum campaign to cancel lease

    A day after the City Council voted to approve a $67 million funding package for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, activists launched a referendum campaign to put the training center’s future on the ballot in November.

  • Backroom deals and elasticity clause increase public cost of Cop City

    Backroom deals and elasticity clause increase public cost of Cop City

    As a proposed funding ordinance for the initial construction plans of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, better known as Cop City, works its way through Atlanta City Council, new information suggests the ordinance could come with a total price tag of $51 million in public funds, instead of the $30 million that city officials…

  • This is the Atlanta Way: a primer on Cop City

    This is the Atlanta Way: a primer on Cop City

    The struggle to Stop Cop City is not just a battle over the creation of a $90 million police urban warfare center. It’s not just a fight to protect the 381 acres of forest land, known as one of the “four lungs” of Atlanta, currently under threat of destruction. It’s not just a conflict over…

  • A look inside APF’s reduced $72.8m Cop City budget

    A look inside APF’s reduced $72.8m Cop City budget

    A budget breakdown spreadsheet sent by email between the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) and DaVinci Development Collaborative, the project management company hired by APF to oversee the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, shows a February projection estimating the cost to build a scaled down version of the facility coming in at $81,158,744, which…

  • CSAC faces internal issues, demands meeting with Mayor

    CSAC faces internal issues, demands meeting with Mayor

    After cancelling its February meeting for what committee chair Alison Clark called “housekeeping” reasons, it was a surprise when the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC) cancelled it’s second consecutive monthly meeting in March. New emails reveal the committee underwent a turbulent latter half of the month, which started with one member…