THE NEWSLETTER

Volume 2, Issue 20

December 1, 2024

STATE

POLICE AGENCIES

ACCREDITATION AGENCIES

• Population: 2024 – 11.03 Million, 8th Most Populous
• Square Miles: 59,424,64, 24th Largest
• Langauge: English 98% / Spanish 7.2% / Other ,2%
• Training: Six Regional Training Centers
• Number of Law Enforcement Agencies: 535

• Total: 535
• State; 1
• County Sheriffs: 159
• County Marshals: 12
• Municipalities: 315
• Colleges & Universities: 30
• Board of Education: 15
• Hospitals: 1
• Transit: 1
• Drug Units: 1
  

• Georgia Chiefs of Police – State of Georgia Law Enforcement Certified Agency
• Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA)
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation Accrditation Unit

UNSOLVED MURDERS

According to The Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GB!) Forty-Three (43) Homicides since and including year 2000 have gone unsolved. Twenty-Seven (27) Females and Sixteen (16) Males

ARREST IN RABUN COUNTY – Fast Chase – From newsbreak.com November 28, 2024

An Athens man was arrested in Rabun last Friday after leading Habersham County deputies on a high-speed chase, according to authorities.

A Habersham County deputy was on patrol in the area of GA 15 North on Nov. 22 when the officer observed Keith Jabari Trammell, 37, of Athens, in a silver passenger car “weaving back and forth” and failing to maintain lane, according to a report of the incident.

Police say Trammell changed to the right lane and continued to weave within the lane near Cody Road before crossing the left line near the Toccoa Highway Interchange.

When the deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, Trammell allegedly changed back over into the left lane and then accelerated in speed. A pursuit ensued down GA 15 North as Trammell allegedly weaved through other motorists and cut off a vehicle near Talmadge Drive.

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THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS

The most horrific criminal activity to occur in the State of Georgia happened in Atlanta, “The Atlanta Murders.” from 1979 to 1982 Twenty-Three children and Five adults were killed in and around Atlanta. The number of murders contributed to the suspect Wayne Williams were confirmed in 2022 by DNA testing.

Atlanta Detective Conoley Visits Brunswick

One would have to do a deep search to find any mention Law Enforcement Issues in The Brunswick NEWS, December 5, 1900. Found on page 4, Under Personal Points Section:

“Detective Conoley of Atlanta is spending some time in the city.”

REPORTED IN VALDOSTA DAILY TIMES, June 16, 1955

Headline: “Deputy Waldn Shot In Gun Battle” – Subtitle “Shooting Melee Uncovers Slaying of Railroad Man” By Chris Trizonis

“The shooting of Deputy Sheriff Dick Waldon in Little Miami about midnight led to a three-county investigation (Lowndes, Brooks and Thomas) to determine the reason and place of slaying of a Waycross railroad man.

The slain man identified by Brooks County Sheriff Dick Jones as L.M. Rachaels. His body was found on the west side of the river which serves as the boundary between Brooks and Loundes County. It had been duped from a car under the bridge on Highway 84 which spans the river.

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THE ATLANTA RIPPER

Between 1909 and 1914 an estimated 15 to 21 Black Women were killed in Atlanta (area) by what was believed to be a Large, Well Built, Neatly Dressed Black Male (description provide by an intended victim who survived an attack.

All the murders involved a knife. one victim had her head completely severed.

The “Atlanta Riper” was never identified or apprehended. Atlanta newspapers dubbed the attacker the “The Atlanta Ripper” after the infamous ‘Jack The Ripper” of London, England.

SOME FIRSTS FOR GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT

1904 > Atlanta Police Department established the Juvenile Court and the first Juvenile Detention Facilities.

1911 – Atlanta Police Department purchased the first motorized patrol vehicles, motorcycles, and Patrol Wagons

1948 – Atlanta Police Department formed the first ‘Black’ police station in an old YMCA. It was known s the “YMCA Precinct”

1952 – Fulton County Established Crime laboratory in State. Second Nationally.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CO-ED MURDER HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The murder of University for Georgia Co-Ed had a direct impact on the Presidential Election of 2024. Twenty-Four year old Laken Hope Riley was killed by illegal imergrent Jose Antiio Ibarra while she was a morning run.

The murderer was found guilty and sentenced to Life In Prison.

IN 2022 THE FOUR HIGHEST CRIME JURISDICTIONS – Ranked In Order

1. Bibb County
2. DeKalb County
3. Clarke County
4. Fulton County

OLD GEORGIA LAW STILL ON BOOKS

Still a State Law: It is against the law to be on public property or public way while wearing a mask or hood that conceals all or part of the face (Except on Halloween)