Calling All DeKalb County Businesses!

DeKalb County Public Safety Officials, Business Community Partner to Combat Crime

‘Crime & Coffee’ Workshop Empowers Business Owners and Operators To Combat Holiday Crime, December 2^nd

[Decatur, GA] Various DeKalb County public safety officials, county officials and local business leaders have partnered to create a “Crime & Coffee” workshop on December 2, at 8:30 a.m. at the Northlake Doubletree Hotel located at 4156 Lavista Road. The free hour-long workshop includes presentations from various public safety officials, a Q&A session and a complimentary continental breakfast. This effort, led by DeKalb County Commissioner Lee May, Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton, District Attorney Robert James, acting Solicitor-General Nicole Marchand, DeKalb County Police Chief William O’Brien, DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce President Leonardo McClarty and The DeKalb County Police Alliance will educate and empower local business owners to combat crime especially during these holiday months.

“We consider the best way to combat crime in the community is to come together and create a plan to stop criminal behavior and communicate with one another,” said Marchand. Newly-elected District Attorney Robert James said businesses can be criminal targets during the holidays. “Our small businesses and big businesses are targeted for scams, shoplifting and burglary especially during these holiday months. Our solution is to remain proactive against crime and to actively engage our business community on a regular basis,” added James

May, who heads the Economic Development Committee, agrees that business owners and operators are an essential facet of combating local crimes. “Our business owners in DeKalb have a vested interest in seeing our community thrive in every way,” said May. “We want to encourage the business owners and operators to come out and connect with our public safety officials and have their questions about crime answered in an open forum.”

The goals for the “Crime & Coffee” workshop are to: present crime prevention measures to DeKalb County business owners; connect local business owners with key public safety officials; provide information to business owners concerning combating local               

crime, reporting crime and community policing initiatives; and provide business owners with an understanding of the roles, responsibilities and processes of local public safety officials.

“We are excited to partner with our public safety officials to provided valuable information and tools to our business owners,” said McClarty. “The Chamber is committed to providing resources to the entire business community through innovative partnerships and programs.”

All attendees must register at www.coffeeandcrime.eventbrite.com .  

DeKalb Police Alliance Announces Winners 2010 Public Safety Champion Awards

Winners Recognized at the 4th Annual Police Officers Ball

The DeKalb Police Alliance Board Chair Carolyn Rehling and Carolyn Glenn, Publisher of the Champion Newspaper presented the 2010 DeKalb Public Safety Champion Awards at the 4th Annual Police Officers Ball October 30th.

These awards honor police officers and community members who have a positive impact on public safety. The nominations were in three categories -- police officers, community members and community organizations.

The 2010 DeKalb Public Safety Champion Award Winners -

2.       Lt. Greg Ivanov - DeKalb County SWAT Team & Bomb Squad

3.       Major Lionel Higdon - DKPD Command Center Precinct

4.       Chief John King - City of Doraville Police Department

5.       William "Rusty" Furman - Dunwoody Police Department

6.       Officer A. T. Watts - DKPD South Precinct

7.       Sgt. Larry Williams - Lithonia Police Department

8.       Chief Tony Scipio - Clarkston Police Department

9.       Officer Richard LePage, Jr. - DKPD East Precinct

10.   Sgt. Roy Peeler - DKPD East Precinct

11.   Corporal Paul Conroy - Avondale Estates Police Department

12.   Grant Knox, Volunteer at Center Precinct DKPD

13.   Jerry Cullen & James Floyd, Northwoods Neighborhood Watch Program

14.   Joscelyn O'Neill, Greater Towers Community Neighborhood Watch Coordinator

15.   Joan & Arnold Kurth, North Briarcliff Civic Association Neighborhood Watch

Winners to be announced at the 4^th Annual Police Officers Ball, October 30, 2010, Crowne Plaza Ravinia

Who Is Your Public Safety Champion?

DeKalb Police Alliance seeks 2010 Public Safety Champion Awards Nominations

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DCPA 1st Insider's Breakfast

July 22 at Crowne Plaza Ravinia

DeKalb County Police Alliance 1st Insider's Breakfast featuring Colonel John King, Doraville Police Chief on Thursday, July 22, 2010, 8:00 am at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia. Chief King to discuss "Lessons Learned" from his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan.

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Marquel's Pledge

Stop Celebratory Gunfire

As Marquel sat next to his mother on New Year's Day 2010, the 4 year old boy was struck and killed in church by a bullet believed to have been fired by a New Year's Eve reveler.

Marquel's Pledge is a community campaign to reduce celebratory gunfire in DeKalb County and throughout Georgia.

View the video and sign Marquel's Pledge

DCPA Kicks-off 2010 Campaign to Support Safety & Security in DeKalb

Colonel John King, Doraville Police Chief, Keynotes 1st Annual Insider's Breakfast July 22nd

The 2010 Campaign kicks-off with the First Annual Insider�s Breakfast, July 22^nd, featuring Colonel John King, Doraville Police Chief.

Recently returned from a year long assignment with the 48^th Infantry Brigade in Afghanistan, Colonel King will recount lessons learned in his most recent deployment and their relevance to peace and security in DeKalb.

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NOMINATE A DEKALB PUBLIC SAFETY CHAMPION TODAY!