APD Quarterly Update

At a glance

• What: Quarterly report from the Atlanta Police Department to the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee, listed on the posted agenda for the committee.
• Where it stands: The three Council meetings read for this rebuild (September 21, October 5, October 19) do not summarize the committee presentation, so its content is not recorded here.
• Next: Public Safety and Legal Administration, October 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM (the committee also takes up the APD asset forfeiture audit).

What Council did on police matters in the same period

• Police Body Camera Contract Expansion (September 21, 12-1) and Surveillance Technology Oversight Ordinance (referred back, still held).
• Weaponized Robot Purchase Rules (adopted October 19) and Seventh Police Patrol Zone Study (adopted October 19).
• Contracts and grants: Byrne JAG grant application approval (October 5); a $582,102 Byrne JAG grant budget amendment introduced October 19 (26-O-1577); a $1,400,000 one-year extension of the citywide clean and close services agreement (adopted October 19); a forensic extraction tools cooperative agreement (October 5); a policy management system agreement with GovernmentJobs.com (NEOGOV), not to exceed $300,000 (adopted October 19).
• The audit of APD asset forfeiture: see Performance Audit Reports.

Sources

• Posted agenda, Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee, October 12, 2026: https://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=3947&Inline=True
• Action minutes (draft), City Council regular meeting, October 19, 2026: https://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=15&ID=4149&Inline=True

Log

2026-10-19 - City Council

Audit of APD asset forfeiture referred to the committee (October 26). Retired-employee rehiring resolutions for police remain held (see Retired Police Rehiring Resolutions).

2026-10-22 (posted agenda)

Page created from a posted agenda (split from a combined page).