Atlanta police officer garrett rolfe was fired and officer devin brosnan is on administrative duty after rayshard brooks in custody death.
Chief erika shields of the atlanta police department. Mayor reed names erika shields as next atlanta police chief duration. Chief shields has a tough mindset on crime but a compassionate and proactive approach to working with the community and its leaders while. Chief erika shields joined the atlanta police department in 1995. Atlanta police chief erika shields has resigned according to city mayor keisha lance bottoms.
Chief erika shields has resigned. Mayor kasim reed named shields the city s new chief in december to replace a retiring george turner. Atlanta cbs46 atlanta police chief erika shields resigned her position saturday afternoon less than 24 hours after an apd officer shot and killed rayshard brooks after a struggle in. Shields will continue with the department in.
Although 2016 was atlanta s deadliest year in. Police chief erika shields came out as a lesbian in a new magazine profile becoming the first ever openly gay top cop at the atlanta police department. Erika shields is an american law enforcement officer who served as the 24th chief of police of atlanta from 2016 to 2020. Erika shields is the 24 th chief of the city of atlanta police department appointed in december 2016.
Shields and the mayor didn t mention at a press conference announcing her promotion or in. Shields had served in the position since december 2016. Chief shields worked as a beat officer and in a plainclothes assignment in zone three for approximately eight years. During her tenure she has served as a patrol officer sergeant lieutenant and major prior to her appointment to chief.
You could argue that there s no better or no worse time to be a police chief in atlanta than right now. Photograph by john fulton. Shields resigned in june 2020 after the killing of rayshard brooks.