Topic: Richard Pennington
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The Atlanta Police Department does not condone nor will we tolerate supervisors making irresponsible and inflammatory remarks against the mayor or any citizen of the City of Atlanta
Atlanta cop suspended after mayor threat May 24, 2009
I want to get human relations training for everyone at the airport. A lot of this is common sense
Better police-traveler relations sought Jan 21, 2005
Don't give me the red dye pack like you did last time
Jockstrip: The world as we know it Sep 02, 2004
Don't give me the red dye pack like you did last time
Officer charged in bank robbery Sep 01, 2004
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab determined that the weapon used in the shooting death ... was the same type of pistol recovered from the homicide later in the same day in Montgomery, Alabama
DC sniper suspects to be tried in Virginia Nov 07, 2002
Richard Pennington (born 1947, Little Rock, Arkansas) has been since 2002 police chief of Atlanta, Georgia. From 1994 to 2002 he served as police chief of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Pennington grew up in Gary, Indiana. He began his career in law enforcement in 1968 as a police officer in Washington, D.C., where he was eventually promoted to Assistant Chief. In 1994, he was hired as police chief in New Orleans, and was credited with major improvements in what had been a poorly-regarded and corruption-ridden police department.
Pennington was a candidate in the New Orleans mayoral election, 2002. Although he led in most pre-election polls, he finished second to Ray Nagin in the first round of voting, and lost the runoff election to Nagin by a margin of 59% - 41%. Shortly thereafter, he resigned as New Orleans police chief. In July 2002, he was hired as the chief in Atlanta.
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