Charles 'Cully' Stimson, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow, believes the police training center known as 'Cop City' will benefit the city's most vulnerable.
in Atlanta, and the city's law enforcement officers need to be trained to better deal with it.
Instead, Stimson said, those concerned should welcome the complex, arguing the enhanced training stands to benefit everyone in the community. "You want a modern, efficient training center that gives recruits and current members of the force in good standing the ability to not only practice and hone their skills, but update their learning," Stimson said, adding that officers will continue to be updated on the"newest laws and techniques, newest developments in the Fourth Amendment, search and seizure context, the newest developments in the Fifth Amendment context.
The referendum must first receive legal approval and requires a petition with 70,000 signatures to be eligible for placement on the November ballot, something resident Eloise Mitchell, who was opposed to the City Council vote, doesn't think should be a problem.
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