Crime & Public Safety

The technology to prevent hot car deaths exists. Why isn’t it standard?

Georgia sheriff’s deputies arrested, charged with stalking, misusing Flock

Beachgoers on Myrtle Beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on March 10, 2025. (Travis Dove/The New York Times)

DeKalb teacher dies after rescuing girl from current at Myrtle Beach

After weekend search, Clayton police find missing boy dead in pond

No way out: ICE detainees in Georgia increasingly have no access to bond

Alpharetta OKs $67K license plate reader contract

Flock camera abuse allegations mount after company rolls out audit tool

Delta flight returns to Atlanta, passengers evacuated after fumes reported in cockpit

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Arrest made after missing Cobb child’s body found in woods near apartments

A man was charged Saturday for concealing the death of a 2-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area near a Marietta apartment complex, police say.

Justice for Jamarion Robinson press conference

Judge dismisses case against officers charged in man’s 2016 death in Fulton

Jamarion Robinson was fatally shot during an attempted arrest in East Point. A judge recently dismissed the case against two officers charged in the incident.

HHS Secretary Kennedy attends CDC event for anniversary of Atlanta shooting

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting that locked down the CDC for hours and killed a police officer.

The technology to prevent hot car deaths exists. Why isn’t it standard?

The Georgia lawyer for Deja Coleman, who is charged in the hot car death of her infant, is making the latest attempt to require automakers to include child safety features.

Georgia sheriff’s deputies arrested, charged with stalking, misusing Flock

Three Bibb County sheriff's deputies were jailed Monday in Middle Georgia for allegedly stalking people with the Flock camera system, which monitors license plates.

DeKalb teacher dies after rescuing girl from current at Myrtle Beach

Derrick 'Coach' Moore, who was named Teacher of the Year at Jolly Elementary School in 2024, died a hero, his family says.

After weekend search, Clayton police find missing boy dead in pond

‘There are no words that can adequately express the heartbreak of losing a child,’ a police spokesperson said.

No way out: ICE detainees in Georgia increasingly have no access to bond

Georgia immigration judges are denying bond to detained immigrants at higher rates, leaving families in despair.

Flock camera abuse allegations mount after company rolls out audit tool

Flock Safety's license plate reader system has been praised by police and credited with helping solve crimes. But it has also caught its alleged misuse, officials say.

Delta flight returns to Atlanta, passengers evacuated after fumes reported in cockpit

More than 200 passengers and crew evacuate a Delta plane using slides in Atlanta after fumes were reported in the cockpit Saturday, officials say.

Arrest made after missing Cobb child’s body found in woods near apartments

A man was charged Saturday for concealing the death of a 2-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area near a Marietta apartment complex, police say.

Judge dismisses case against officers charged in man’s 2016 death in Fulton

Jamarion Robinson was fatally shot during an attempted arrest in East Point. A judge recently dismissed the case against two officers charged in the incident.

HHS Secretary Kennedy attends CDC event for anniversary of Atlanta shooting

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting that locked down the CDC for hours and killed a police officer.