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Old 03-15-2022, 01:40 PM
 
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Arrests made in 72% of this year’s killings, Atlanta mayor says

The mayor said Atlanta is partnering with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton Sheriff Patrick Labat to create a “Repeat Offenders’ Unit” tasked with keeping habitual offenders from committing additional crimes.

There’s also a “Court Watch” program in the works that would encourage residents to monitor court proceedings, increasing pressure on Fulton’s judges to keep certain people behind bars.


“It allows judges to see that community members and victims care and they understand that they want to see good sentencing as it relates to violent crime,” Dickens said. “Fighting crime takes all of us working together.”

Bryant said that last week his officers arrested more than 20 people deemed to be “repeat offenders,” meaning they had at least three felony convictions. They had between them a combined 553 previous arrests, 114 of which were for felony charges, Bryant said.

Seven of those people were out on bond, and five of them had guns when they were arrested, despite their previous convictions, he said. Three of those five were out on bond again by the time officers completed their paperwork, according to Bryant.

“That gives you an idea of what we are facing in just one week in the city of Atlanta,” he said, estimating that gang activity accounts for about 60% of crime in Atlanta.

As the weather starts to warm up, Bryant hopes to increase patrols at city parks and popular hangouts in an effort to deter crime. He’s considering deploying the city’s reserve officers or asking some retired cops to come back in a limited role.
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Old 03-15-2022, 01:48 PM
 
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That seems like a step in the right direction, but how about you knock the repeat offender number down to 2.
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Old 03-15-2022, 02:04 PM
 
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That seems like a step in the right direction, but how about you knock the repeat offender number down to 2.
Police and judges keep releasing them back into the streets
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