Georgia State University Police Chief Connie Sampson has won a special service award from the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police. She was presented with the award Tuesday at the association's banquet in Savannah.
The award was for her contributions to her department, which holds both state and national certifications for law enforcement agencies. Her local awards include : President of Georgia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators; 1996 NOBLE Officer of the Year and 1996 Recipient of the Georgia Women in Law Enforcement Achievement Award.
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Shoppers can outfit needy students with supplies by dropping things off at a Publix through Aug. 14.
Publix Super Markets has teamed up with United Way, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and several radio stations to collect needed school supplies, including pens, pencils, crayons, markers, folders, spiral notebooks and rulers. Shoppers can drop them off in "School Tools" bins in the stores.
The schools systems participating in the School Tools for Cool Kids campaign include: Atlanta, Decatur, Marietta, Carrollton and Walton cities and Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Cherokee, Clayton, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding and Rockdale counties.
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An Atlanta police officer is scheduled to go on trial in Fulton County Superior Court Monday on aggravated assault charges.
Officer Reginald Fisher was working an off-duty job as a security guard at an apartment complex in Atlanta when he shot Tramaine Miller in May 2009, officials said. Miller, who survived the shooting, was not involved in illegal activity, as Fisher suspected, but was at the apartment to help his quadriplegic aunt, officials said.
Fisher also faces charges of violation of oath of office. Fisher has been suspended without pay since 2009, according to an APD report provided to Channel 2 Action News.
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