Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on March 31 announced plans to add 250 new police officers to the streets after homicides surged 58 percent in 2020 amid the CCP virus pandemic. Speaking at Wednesday’s virtual State of the City Address, the Democrat said she was also working with the city council to enact a retention bonus as part of the plan to reduce rising crime rates and gun violence. Bottoms said the 250 Atlanta police officers would be hired and patrolling within the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, and that there are currently three recruitment classes with a total of 90 recruits in the pipeline. “I have said before that Atlanta is not alone in the rise in gun crimes we’ve seen over the last year,” Bottoms said. “That is not an excuse, it is a fact. But just as we have overcome challenges in the past, Atlanta will get to the other side of this COVID …
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