The Atlanta Police Department in partnership with the Atlanta Police Foundation and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District will announce the launch of a new four pronged security communications system for the City of Atlanta.  The Atlanta Security Council, a committee of the Atlanta Police Foundation comprised of Atlanta Corporate Security Executives, collaborated with the Downtown Public Safety Task Force to develop an integrated information sharing system for the city that would allow for better communications between the public and private sector as well as interoperability between law enforcement agencies and the private sector.  In preparation for the Final Four this week-end the program is being launched in Downtown Atlanta. 
 
Operation Shield is comprised of four tenets:
·        Integrated Camera Surveillance, including 13 new cameras in the downtown tourist triangle
·        Atlanta CityWorkSite, a web based information sharing platform that allows for real time dissemination of information
·        COMNET, a two-way radio frequency between the APD and the private sector
·        Crime Stoppers Atlanta, a program through which area law enforcement agencies disseminate information to the general public to seek anonymous tips exchange for rewards  
 
Members of the Atlanta Security Council include: The Atlanta Polic 

The Atlanta Police Department in partnership with the Atlanta Police Foundation and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District will announce the launch of a new four pronged security communications system for the City of Atlanta.  The Atlanta Security Council, a committee of the Atlanta Police Foundation comprised of Atlanta Corporate Security Executives, collaborated with the Downtown Public Safety Task Force to develop an integrated information sharing system for the city that would allow for better communications between the public and private sector as well as interoperability between law enforcement agencies and the private sector.  In preparation for the Final Four this week-end the program is being launched in Downtown Atlanta. 
 
Operation Shield is comprised of four tenets:
·        Integrated Camera Surveillance, including 13 new cameras in the downtown tourist triangle
·        Atlanta CityWorkSite, a web based information sharing platform that allows for real time dissemination of information
·        COMNET, a two-way radio frequency between the APD and the private sector
·        Crime Stoppers Atlanta, a program through which area law enforcement agencies disseminate information to the general public to seek anonymous tips exchange for rewards  
 
Members of the Atlanta Security Council include: The Atlanta Police Foundation, the Atlanta Police Department, Central Atl