The Sandy Springs City Council has approved an agreement with neighboring Brookhaven to have their police departments coordinate the activities of off-duty officers assisting with the I-285/Ga. 400 interchange reconstruction.
North Perimeter Contractors LLC has requested officers to provide safety and security for the four-year, Georgia Department of Transportation project, Sandy Springs Police Chief Kenneth DeSimone said in a memo to the council.
Sandy Springs alone cannot provide all the officers needed. In January 2017, its council approved a memorandum of understanding with Dunwoody to coordinate the use of off-duty police from both cities, so officers don’t over-commit themselves to the detriment of their regular duties.
Now, even more officers are needed than Sandy Springs and Dunwoody can provide. Brookhaven is willing to join the effort, DeSimone said, and “agrees to the same conditions, policies and procedures described in the Dunwoody (agreement) … including coordination of contracting of such officers by Sandy Springs.”
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