APD Announces Rezoning Community Meetings

The Atlanta Police Department, which is reviewing its six beat zones and commissioned a study last year to look realigning them, will discuss proposed changes in a series of community meetings beginning March 3.

APD originally commissioned the plan to create more even workloads among the six zones and cut down on response times.

“It’s important for us to communicate our intentions to the public,” APD Chief George Turner said in a prepared statement. “I’m hoping that citizens will gain a greater understanding of what we’re trying to accomplish and see the benefits that will result in a safer city for all of us.”

The neighborhoods that comprise East Atlanta Patch are patrolled by Zones 3, 5 and 6. The meetings are set as follows:

• Zone 3 (which includes the Grant Park and Peoplestown neighborhoods) March 3 at John Burdine Center, 215 Lakewood Way, 6:30 p.m.
• Zone 5 (which covers the Georgia State University area and Old Fourth Ward) March 30 at the Atlanta Civic Center's Piedmont Room, 395
  Piedmont Ave., 7:00 p.m.
• Zone 6 (which includes East Atlanta Village, Poncey-Highland, Kirkwood, Edgewood and Ormewood Park) March 31 at the East Atlanta Public Library, 400 Flat Shoals Ave. SE,  7:00 p.m.