Earlier suggestions that multiple officers from each zone had walked off the job were inaccurate. The department is experiencing a higher than usual number of call outs with the incoming shift. We have enough resources to maintain operations & remain able to respond to incidents.
— Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) June 18, 2020
Earlier suggestions that multiple officers from each zone had walked off the job were inaccurate. The department is experiencing a higher than usual number of call outs with the incoming shift. We have enough resources to maintain operations & remain able to respond to incidents.
For a start, they did not say it was false – they said it was innacurate.
People have been listening to the scanners and it is deathly quiet so to use the excuse that there is “a higher than usual number of call outs” is bullshit.
Here’s the scanner –
www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/30453
SCHRÖDINGER’S COPS: Atlanta Police disputes rumors of mass walkouts.
However, a blue-checked news anchor with Atlanta’s CBS affiliate tweets:
Breaking: Sources confirm Atlanta Police officers in zone 6 have walked out. Sources say they drove back to their precinct, turned in their keys and went home. Officers in zone 3 are allegedly doing the same. @CBS46 #ContinuingCoverage #Atlanta #BlueFlu pic.twitter.com/kgLuNwDalP
— shon gables cbs46 (@shongables) June 18, 2020
AC