The Atlanta Police Foundation
To Make Atlanta the Safest Large City in the Nation
The Atlanta Police Foundation employs a broad array of 21st century public safety initiatives to accomplish its mission. These initiatives include community programs designed to provide resources to underserved neighborhoods, as well as training to cultivate a mindset of true servanthood among the Atlanta Police Department sworn personnel.
Since 2003, APF has been providing vital strategic support to Atlanta’s Mayor, Chief of Police, and Police Department to ensure that our City’s law enforcement agency remains on the forefront of policing and public safety practices. In 2015, Atlanta was named a model city by President Obama’s task force for 21st Century Policing – one of only 15 jurisdictions to be given that status out of 18,000 reviewed.
Our work is far from over. Through our public-private partnership model, we will continue to pursue, privately fund and implement programming that creates a safe and just city for every citizen of Atlanta, driving out crime and enhancing the safety of our neighborhoods.
The 8 Pillars of the APF
The foundation of our organization and its goals
Technology
APF employs its Operation Shield initiative to improve APD’s predictive policing ability and solve investigative cases. Our latest Operation Shield program, Connect Atlanta, allows residents and business to register their private cameras so that APD can request footage from them should a crime occur in the area.
Increased Enforcement
Through training, collaboration, community policing and increased incentives, we will enhance the morale of APD and bring police visibility and engagement back to where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Training
The largest portion of Public Safety First capital campaign will be devoted to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The training center will be a best-in-class facility for APD and other law enforcement agencies to train in 21st Century Policing best practices as well as a gathering spot for community events and conversations.
More Officers
Focused efforts on both retention and recruitment will bring APD back up to their authorized complement of 2,046 officers. APD will hire 750 officers over the next three years to meet this mark by employing officer support incentives such as hiring, retention and in-city residency bonuses.
Community Policing
APF’s community policing mission is two-fold: to provide more police visibility for security in the neighborhoods we serve and to cultivate the highest level of community service in APD’s culture. The Secure Neighborhoods program embodies these values by providing officers with opportunities to move into the neighborhoods they serve.
Repeat Offenders
APF will continue to bring together APD, the Fulton County District Attorney’s office and Fulton County judges and others on the Atlanta Criminal Justice Commission to address Atlanta’s repeat offender issue.
Youth Engagement
APF will continue to expand its At-Promise youth initiative to divert Atlanta youth from crime to brighter pathways. The Foundation’s third location, the Truist Andrew and Walter Young Family At-Promise Center will open to youth and APF will seek to open a fourth center soon.
Regional Collaboration
APF will work with APD to ensure they continue critical collaboration and joint planning with county, state and federal law enforcement agencies. This will include joint training of agencies at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Additionally, APF will continue to nurture partnerships between the public and private security directors through the Atlanta Security Council.
Atlanta Police Foundation President & CEO
Dave Wilkinson
President & CEO
About Dave Wilkinson
Dave Wilkinson is one of America’s leading law enforcement professionals. Before joining the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), he served 22 years with the United States Secret Service in various senior roles.
These included Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Presidential Protection under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Investigations, and Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service’s Georgia Division. He was awarded the Secret Service Distinguished Service Award from President Bush for his leadership during the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
In 2005, Dave became the President & CEO of APF. This independent non‐profit organization brings together civic‐minded business leaders from the region’s largest companies and philanthropic organizations to ensure that APF has the financial strength, technological prowess, and advocacy from the private sector to support public safety initiatives in Atlanta.
As one of the most respected thought leaders in the law enforcement community, Dave has led the Atlanta Police Foundation to become an indispensable strategic planning and research partner to four Atlanta Mayors and five Chiefs of Police.
He graduated from Leadership Atlanta in 2008 and serves on the boards of directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Rotary Club of Atlanta, and Atlanta Metropol.
Dave is also a proud Tennessee Tech University graduate and lives in Brooks, Georgia, with his wife, Renee, and their two sons, Jacob and Jonathan.
Atlanta Police Foundation Board Members
Our board members drive our success.
Executive Committee
Robin Loudermilk
The Loudermilk Companies
Chairman
Bob Peterson
Carter
Vice Chairman/Secretary
Tye Darland
Georgia-Pacific LLC
Koch Capabilities LLC
Treasurer
Simon Bloom
Bloom Parham, LLP
David Dantzler
Troutman Pepper
Walt Ehmer
Waffle House
Daniel Grider
The Home Depot
Mark Guiliano
Invesco
Karen J. Holcom
Acuity Brands Inc.
Julia Houston
Equifax
Josh Kamin
King & Spalding
Chuck Palmer
Troutman Pepper
Dr. Deepak Raghavan
Manhattan Associates INC/ Georgia State University
Jim Shelton
Shelton McNally Real Estate Partners
Dave Wilkinson
Atlanta Police Foundation
Board of Trustees
Andre Anderson
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Ambrish Baisiwala
Portman Holdings
Leonte Benton
T. Dallas Smith & Company
Andy Berg
Homrich Berg
David Boehmig
Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty
Norm Brothers
UPS
Paul Brown
Inspire Brands
Lee Burrows
Banks Streets Partners LLC
Chris Carlos
National Distributing Company
Larry Connolly
Connolly Family Foundation (Retired)
Carol Cookerly
Cookerly PR
Paul Corley
Empire Communities
Dan Eldridge
KPMG
Jimmy Etheredge
Accenture
Stewart Gantt
Manhattan Associates
Duncan Gibbs
TriStar Real Estate Investments
Derek Goshay
Genuine Parts Company
Mitch Graul
Wells Fargo
Ernest L. Greer
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Venessa Harrison
AT&T
Tad Hutcheson
Delta Air Lines
William J. Jordan
Alston & Bird LLP
Allan Kamensky
Synovus
Audrey King
Georgia Power
Nathan B. Knowles
Colliers International
Steve Koonin
Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena
Beth Lowry
Holder Construction Co.
Kenneth Menendez
Freeman, Mathis, & Gary LLP
Douglas A. Murphy, M.D.
Emory Clinic
Page Naftel
White Cap
David E. Nahmias
Jones Day
Frank Patterson
Pinewood Atlanta Studios
Justin Rannick
Brasfield & Gorrie LLC
John Richert
JP Morgan
Mark Riley
Urban Realty Partners
Napoleon Rutledge
McKesson
Eric Schimpf
Merrill Lynch
Sachin Shailendra
SG Contracting
Thomas Tesh
Rollins
Mark D. Wasserman
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Tom Watson
Morgan Stanley, Retired
Ken D. Welch
KPMG LLP
Joe Whitley
Womble Bond
Thomas Worthy
Piedmont Healthcare
Emeritus Board
Calvin Darden
UPS, Retired
Bob Mathews
Colliers International
John F. O’Neill III
Partners Real Estate
Leslie Patterson
Ernst & Young LLP
Christine (Chris) St. Clare
KPMG, Retired
Kevin Smith
Rollins, Inc.
C. Roland Vaughn III
4V Enterprises LLP
Young Executives Board
Richard Allen
Axon
Andrew Braden
Braden Fellman
Taylor Brown
New Market Properties
Collin Cannella
Guidehouse
Reginald Chever II
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Matt Cochran
Global Payments
Joe Crawford
Atlanta Property Group
Trey Edwards
Braden Fellman
James Egan
Truist Securities
Thad Ellis III
Ansley Real Estate
Nikki Forman
Amazon
Noel Hardin
COX Enterprises
Evan Karanovich
Chick-fil-A
Al Keeler
ALDI Inc. Jefferson Division
Holly Lovett
Southern Company Gas
Emmett Mercer
KPMG LLP
Hollis Montgomery
The Hart Group at Morgan Stanley
Jack Murphy
Carter
Bailey Odom
Dorsey Alston, Realtors
Becker O’Shaughnessey
Truist
Ryan Ries
Brasfield & Gorrie LLC
Michael Russell
Fenway Sports Management
Derek Wright
Thornburg Investment Management
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