Metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta

Roswell approves funding for police training

Roswell recently approved $25,000 for on-going executive leadership programs for the police department. (Courtesy Roswell Police Department)
Roswell recently approved $25,000 for on-going executive leadership programs for the police department. (Courtesy Roswell Police Department)
By Karen Huppertz for the AJC
Dec 15, 2023

The Roswell City Council recently approved $25,000 for on-going executive leadership programs for the police department.

According to city documents, the budget amendment will help “meet current and future training needs of public safety executives, maintain a high level of performance and for a vital succession plan for senior leadership positions.”

Funding for education and travel will be available in the city’s general fund with the source of the monies coming from the Red Speed Automated Speed School Enforcement.

The Roswell Police Department is currently hiring police officers, with starting salaries at $58,553, with increases for prior experience and education ranging from $60,671-$71,635.

About the Author

Karen Huppertz for the AJC
More Stories

Keep Reading

Clayton County investigators had been searching for 6-month-old Nnakai Pratt since Sunday. (Courtesy of Clayton County police)

Credit: Clayton County police

Baby’s body found days after disappearance in Clayton County, official says

From the beginning, Clayton County police investigators said they knew something wasn’t right about a father’s story that his young son had been kidnapped by robbers.

1h ago

Dickens $1.3B housing plan is ambitious: But will it solve the affordability crisis?

TADs allow Atlanta to freeze the property tax base in designated areas and funnel all new revenue above that base into redevelopment funds.

DeKalb officer shot teen girl who had gun in waistband, GBI says

The GBI is investigating in DeKalb County after an officer shot and injured a teen girl Tuesday, officials say.

1h ago

The Latest

Clayton County investigators had been searching for 6-month-old Nnakai Pratt since Sunday. (Courtesy of Clayton County police)

Credit: Clayton County police

Baby’s body found days after disappearance in Clayton County, official says

1h ago

DeKalb officer shot teen girl who had gun in waistband, GBI says

1h ago

Suspect shot after Sandy Springs officer’s thumb grazed by bullet, GBI says

Featured

Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)
EXCLUSIVE

Delta flight attendant fired for Kirk-related social post speaks out

Mathew Palmer, a Delta flight attendant, was suspended by the airline the day after writing a Facebook post about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s voters are sticking with her through her political evolution

Congresswoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s supporters are sticking with her even as she splits from Republican Party leadership

Truck driver arrested after 8th victim found in wreckage of I-85 crash

A tractor-trailer struck the back of a Dodge van, causing the van to go up in flames. The crash involved 6 vehicles, one of which was a van transporting 37 cats to a shelter.