Atlanta mayor and police department celebrate crime reduction in the city

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the Atlanta Police Department gathered inside the Thomasville Recreation Center on Monday morning to detail the progress the city’s leaders and its residents have made in reducing overall crime.“We are here today to shine a light on some of the great work that’s been done by the people whose jobs are in some fashion connected to keeping people safe in the city,” Dickens said.Dickens was joined by APD Chief Darin Schierbaum and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. LaChandra Burks, the chief operating officer for the City of Atlanta, Gary Davis, the director of Next Level Boys Academy, and Theresa Austin Gibbons, the interim director of the Mayor’s Youth Summer Employment Program, also joined them. Fulton County District Fani Willis was also in attendance at the press conference on Monday. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta VoiceAccording to APD Chief Darin Schierbaum and the department’s 2024 crime data report, crime in Atlanta decreased by 5%. There was an 8% reduction in crime against persons, which included homicide, rape and aggravated assault, and a 5% reduction in crime against property which included robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft from motor vehicle, shoplifting, and all other larcenies. “Last...