Atlanta City Council to take up resolution urging GSP to reform its chase policy

Atlanta City Council to take up resolution urging GSP to reform its chase policy

Cooper Schoenke, an innocent driver, died when officials say another driver, identified as Faduma Mohamed, crashed into his car in Little Five Points.

Atlanta City Council Calls for Reforms to State Police Pursuit Policies

The Atlanta City Council approved a resolution urging that the State of Georgia adopt reforms to the Georgia State Patrol’s vehicular pursuit policies. Suggestions include restricting high-speed pursuits to cases involving violent felonies only; requiring supervisory approval before initiating or continuing a pursuit; and prohibiting PIT maneuvers in densely populated areas, residential neighborhoods, traffic-congested corridors, and pedestrian-h

ks // ‘We have to stop’: Atlanta Council urges state patrol to curb high-speed chases

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council on Monday took its most forceful steps yet to try to curb high-speed pursuits involving the Georgia State Patrol, weeks after a chase led to a crash that killed a 19-year-old bystander in Little…

Atlanta City Council urges Georgia State Patrol to reform pursuit policies

Community members rallied around GSP pursuit reforms in Little Five Points on April 16 following the death of Cooper Schoenke. (Photo by Katie Burkholder.)The Atlanta City Council has adopted a resolution urging reforms to the Georgia State Patrol’s vehicular pursuit policies and the Atlanta Police Department’s protocols for requesting GSP backup.The resolution, sponsored by Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari and adopted by the ocuncil on Monday, M…