ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC

Programs

1. *secure neighborhoods*community policing is a core principle of the atlanta police department and to be most effective it should be led by officers who live within the communities they serve. Apf's secure neighborhoods program is aimed at providing pathways for atlanta police officers to achieve affordable in-city residency from the earliest point in their career. Through strategic partnerships, the program offers below market apartment living for police recruits, subsidized officer rental units, courtesy officer positions and for-purchase single family homes in crime challenged neighborhoods. All participants are required to actively engage within the community through a variety of means such as youth mentorship, extra security patrolling, community service engagement as well as neighborhood meeting attendance. These engagements are designed to encourage mutual support and understanding, improve department culture and reduce crime. In 2024 apf constructed and sold an additional 10 homes to well qualified police officers in an effort to reduce crime and build relatonships in strategic neighborhoods. The community safety housing program: the apartment rental program, continued in…

   $6,386,068 spent$3,321,754 earned by the program
   44% of program spending

2. *at-promise* apf's at-promise initiative entered its seventh year of operations in 2024. The program's mission is to divert youth from criminal activity towards a productive life outside of the criminal justice system. Youth who are referred to the program receive a customized plan of wrap-around services designed specifically for the youth. These individualized programs are developed following a comprehensive therapeutic assessment which is performed on everyone who enters the program. Apf works with various social service agencies who apply the appropriate professional expertise to each individual case, ensuring relevance and a personalized approach. The @promise initiative has been in operation since august 2017, serving more than 3400 youth. The services provided include individual, group and family therapy, educational assistance such as tutoring, ged classes, steam instructions and homework assistance, workforce development, music, digital media, and recreational activities. In 2020, apf opened its second at-promise center, located on metropolitan parkway on the southside of atlanta, and opened its third at-promise center in march 2022, on the campus of the andrew and walter…

   $4,965,223 spent
   34% of program spending

3. *officer support programs*no program is more imperative to apd's success than those offered through apf's officer support programs. Apd's professionalism, reputation and staffing directly benefit from the effort and funds generated by these programs. In 2024, atlanta continued to work on the police attrition and hiring issues affecting law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Apf's programs are designed to recruit new talent, while maintaining the dedicated and well qualified police professionals who work for the agency today.a. Atlanta police leadership institutethe atlanta police leadership institute provides ongoing education for apd officers who seek promotion to higher leadership positions within the department. All apd recruits must complete tier I of the program. Tiers ii v are required components of apd's promotional process, with the final tier being dedicated to only those who demonstrate the capacity of becoming a police chief. The program has a dedicated and scholarly team whose focus is to ensure the training offered is best in class and focused on leadership. In 2024, apli led initiatives, and delivered training to over 485 law enforcement personnel both…

   $1,853,592 spentof which $68,298 as grants
   13% of program spending

4. *operation shield & connect atlanta*operation shield has become the essential framework supporting apd's real-time crime intelligence center. The device grid is comprised of thousands of video cameras, license plate readers, and gunshot detection devices, and is monitored around the clock by a dedicated team of sworn officers and civilian personnel. These technologies remain critical to apd's investigative and interdiction efforts.in 2024, operation shield grew by an additional 94 city-owned devices to more equal more than 1,607 cameras and more than 741 license plate readers. Those city-owned devices are complimented by a large number of privately supported cameras, bringing the total connect atlanta network to more than 47,000. That numbers represents the addition of several thousand more cameras since 2023.the connect program includes a handheld radio component that facilitates direct communication between private sector security personnel and atlanta 911. More than two dozen new subscribers joined the program in 2024, bringing usership up to approxiately 300. These programs are vital to atlanta's crime reduction strategy and demonstrate the value of public/private…

   $1,412,152 spent$10,157 earned by the program
   10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,617,035.