gatherings
The Atlanta Bar Association and the Atlanta Bar Foundation participated in the Atlanta Interagency Law Enforcement
Appreciation and Memorial Service to honor law enforcement and pay tribute to Officers who have fallen in the line
of duty on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Woodruff Park. Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Atlanta Downtown
Improvement District (ADID) hosted the event. Interagency Law Enforcement includes 11 public agencies who meet
monthly in close collaboration and partnerships to serve the Downtown area. They are: 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.
“Our partnerships are vital to the combined public safety efforts in Downtown, and on these occasions we are
honored to celebrate the effectiveness of relationships that are nurtured through ILE” said A.J. Robinson, CAP
and ADID President.
Monument placed in Woodruff Park in honor of City of Atlanta
Police Officers in 1980 by the Atlanta Bar Association.
President Rita A.
Sheffey spoke
at the Memorial
Service on behalf
of the Atlanta Bar
Association.
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THE ATLANTA LAWYER
June/July 2012
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association