law enforcement appreciation
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
By David E. Wardell, CPP
Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. & Atlanta Downtown
Improvement District, Inc.
[email protected]
E
ach year in recognition of National Law Enforcement
Appreciation Day (LEAD), members of the Atlanta
Downtown Interagency Law Enforcement (ILE)
partnership hold a public ceremony in Woodruff Park near
the site of the Police Memorial, which was dedicated by the
Atlanta Bar Association in 1980.
The Downtown community and members of the public safety
agencies that serve Downtown and the entire city and state
participate in the ceremony and memorial service. The event
is hosted by Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Atlanta
Downtown Improvement District (ADID), in partnership with
the Atlanta Bar Association and Atlanta Bar Foundation.
Program activities include spiritual and inspirational remarks
by civic and government leaders, selected public safety
agency heads, a tribute to fallen officers with a wreathlaying ceremony, an honorary guard comprised of agency
members, a bagpipe ensemble, and bugle taps.
About the Cover
Sgt. B.C. Williams,
of the Atlanta
Police Department,
playing bagpipes
at the National
Law Enforcement
Appreciation Day
Ceremonies held at
Woodruff Park on
May 15, 2012.
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THE ATLANTA LAWYER
August/September 2012
David E. Wardell (Vice President, Operations and
Public Safety Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. & Atlanta
Downtown Improvement District, Inc.) speaking at the
Atlanta Interagency Law Enforcement Appreciation and
Memorial Service in Woodruff Park.
The ILE is comprised of the following 11 public safety
agencies, who meet monthly in close collaboration and
partnerships to serve the Downtown area:
Atlanta Police Department
MARTA Police Department
Georgia State University Police Department
Georgia Tech Police Department
Georgia World Congress Center Authority Public Safety
Department
Georgia State Patrol, Capitol Division
Federal Protective Service, DHS
National Park Service
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
Fulton County Police
Emory University Police ■
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