Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
GDOT will close all lanes of I-285 in both directions between South Atlanta Road and South Cobb Drive from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, through 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, for the $155.2 million Westside Rebuild project.
Public Safety
Roswell police formally closed the murder case of Sandy Springs restaurant owner Blanca Sauer after confirming suspect Roberto Dominguez Soto died by suicide in Mexico and acted alone in the Christmas Eve 2024 killing.
Public Safety
A water main break on Boylston Drive in Sandy Springs shut down the road and cut water service to 15 homes and two apartment complexes on Sunday, Oct. 11, before crews completed repairs and reopened the road about five hours later.
Public Safety
A Sandy Springs woman alleges a police officer racially profiled her at Morgan Falls Overlook Park, following her, demanding her ID and ordering her to leave hours before closing; her TikTok videos have drawn more than one million views, and SSPD has not publicly responded.
Public Safety
A third-party contractor struck a gas main on Johnson Ferry Road near City Springs on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 homes and businesses and closing the road through rush hour until repairs were completed Thursday.
Public Safety
Tropical Depression 9 in the Gulf of Mexico could become the Atlantic season's first hurricane and bring heavy rain, thunderstorms and possible flooding to Sandy Springs by the weekend, with the NWS forecasting up to an 80 percent chance of rain on Sunday.
Public Safety
A theft suspect who fled Roswell police abandoned a vehicle near Hannover Park Road and Dunwoody Place in Sandy Springs on Thursday evening, Oct. 1, and remained at large as of Friday after an extensive search by both Sandy Springs and Roswell officers.
Public Safety
A tropical-moisture storm system is forecast to bring 2 to 5 inches of rain to Sandy Springs from Saturday through Sunday, with flash flooding possible in low-lying and urban areas including the Nancy Creek basin.
Public Safety
A peer-reviewed analysis published Oct. 1 argues Sandy Springs' roughly 400 Flock Safety cameras are part of a national surveillance architecture that lets federal agencies query local plate-reader data without warrants, adding legal urgency after the Supreme Court's June Chatrie ruling on location-data privacy.
Public Safety
An Army veteran spent 30 days in Fulton County Jail after license-plate reader data helped connect him to a shooting he did not commit, spotlighting the same surveillance technology Sandy Springs Police use across about 400 cameras citywide.
Public Safety
U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Katie Britt sent a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche demanding federal guidelines for automatic license plate readers, a move with direct implications for Sandy Springs and its roughly 400 Flock Safety cameras.
Public Safety
Sandy Springs police charged Luis Quintana with first-degree arson and second-degree burglary after investigators say he stole money and disabled security cameras before setting fire to the Sonic restaurant at 5903 Roswell Road.
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