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*officer support programs*no program is more imperative to apd's success than those offered through apf's officer support programs. Apd's professionalism, reputation and staffing directly benefit from the effort and funds generated by these programs. In 2024, atlanta continued to work on the police attrition and hiring issues affecting law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Apf's programs are designed to recruit new talent, while maintaining the dedicated and well qualified police professionals who work for the agency today.a. Atlanta police leadership institutethe atlanta police leadership institute provides ongoing education for apd officers who seek promotion to higher leadership positions within the department. All apd recruits must complete tier i of the program. Tiers ii v are required components of apd's promotional process, with the final tier being dedicated to only those who demonstrate the capacity of becoming a police chief. The program has a dedicated and scholarly team whose focus is to ensure the training offered is best in class and focused on leadership. In 2024, apli led initiatives, and delivered training to over 485 law enforcement personnel both sworn and civilian to include over 800 p.o.s.t. Credit hours, 700 hours of leadership training, 100 hours of community engagement, and 124 hours of officer resiliency training with a focus on peer support and mental health. B. Scholarships in 2024, apf provided financial aid to more than 20 apd officers and civilian employees by way of tuition reimbursements and advanced leadership training. These reimbursements allow officers to obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees with continuing education in a variety of disciplines, strengthening the professionalism and knowledge of apd officers. Tuition reimbursement and continuing education participants agree to extend their employment commitments with apd for an additional three years. This program is a key element in the improvement of attrition numbers and strengthens the ranks. C. Recruitment in 2024, apd added 206 to the ranks moving closer to the goal of hiring 250 officers per year. The apf "build the force" campaign, launched in 2022 to support apd's hiring initiative, continues to be instrumental in the growth of hiring top candidates for apd. D. Childcare incentive program2024 was the inaugural year of the apf childcare incentive providing a monthly subsidy to certified childcare care providers on behalf of eligible and approved apd police officers. This was a gamechanger in supporting the officers and their familes as they serve and sacrifice in this city. E. Life insurance thanks to the philanthropy of the congregation of peachtree presbyterian church, every apd officer, atlanta fire rescue officer, and fulton county sheriff is covered by a $100,000 life insurance policy in the event of loss of life in the line of duty. This program is a key example of community support apf continues to uncover for the men and women who put their lives on the line for all of us. This has been a long-standing offering made consistently possible by the generous support of the church's leadership and congregation.

*operation shield & connect atlanta*operation shield has become the essential framework supporting apd's real-time crime intelligence center. The device grid is comprised of thousands of video cameras, license plate readers, and gunshot detection devices, and is monitored around the clock by a dedicated team of sworn officers and civilian personnel. These technologies remain critical to apd's investigative and interdiction efforts.in 2024, operation shield grew by an additional 94 city-owned devices to more equal more than 1,607 cameras and more than 741 license plate readers. Those city-owned devices are complimented by a large number of privately supported cameras, bringing the total connect atlanta network to more than 47,000. That numbers represents the addition of several thousand more cameras since 2023.the connect program includes a handheld radio component that facilitates direct communication between private sector security personnel and atlanta 911. More than two dozen new subscribers joined the program in 2024, bringing usership up to approxiately 300. These programs are vital to atlanta's crime reduction strategy and demonstrate the value of public/private partnerships.*crime stoppers of greater atlanta*crime stoppers of greater atlanta continues to be the largest crime stoppers program within the southeastern united states. The atlanta police foundation (apf) manages the north georgia program. The program is coordinated through apd sgt. They work collaboratively with over 350 public safety entities spanning 75 counties; while simultaneously working with a diverse subcommittee of apf board members, whose focus is to ensure oversight and governance of the program. In 2024, there was over 4,000 anonymous tips processed, and approximately 7,000 tip follow ups; many of which led to the arrest of violent offenders, and the recovery of approximately $3.5 million in property, drugs, guns, and cash. Crimes against persons fell by 8% in atlanta to include a total crime reduction of 5% in 2024. Crime stoppers is and continues to be one of the most valuable crime fighting tools; directly leading to the arrest of approximately 32 criminals including two of fulton county's top10 most wanted, and one of apd's top ten most wanted. *repeat offenders*the commission formulated the repeat offender tracking unit (rotu) in 2022 to execute the commission's strategic objectives while creating an atmosphere of collaboration. Rotu enables officials of the relevant city, county, state, and federal agencies to work in closer coordination, share relevant information in real time. Building on the success from 2022, and the initiative expanded its partnerships and efforts to improve the system in 2024 as the state rolled out a pilot program based off the atlanta police foundation's (apf) model. Prior to the establishment of the tracking unit in 2022 repeat offenders were receiving confinement only 23% of the time. Following the establishment of the rotu the initiative increased repeat offender confinement rates to 43% in 2022, 44% in 2023, and 47% in 2024. This includes a 370% increase in average sentencing length for probation violations. In 2024 the rotu identified 1,036 individual repeat offenders in whom in total accounted for 1,171 new criminal cases. The unit's work has created various enhancements to create a more efficient process to include but not limited to: changes to the apd arrest report, changes to the counties warrants and process, and changes to the states cases management system. This initiative has become the leading program in the nation and has played a major role in the cities crimes against persons drop of 8% in 2024 to include a 5% total crime reduction. The unit is staffed by members of apf, atlanta police department (apd), fulton county sheriff, fulton county district attorney, and georgia department of community supervision. Several other state, county and federal partners regularly attend monthly working group meetings hosted by the repeat offender tracking unit to ensure the effort is comprehensive and holistic. Preliminary work is being conducted to introduce gps tracking technology to the program. The commission has made a recommendation to have stricter monitoring of repeat offenders pretrial. The goal of this is to achieve deterrence through live monitoring of these offenders. This ability comes as a benefit of the infrastructure investment made by apf in 2021 to improve apd's real time crime center.