The APD insisted it has “enough resources to maintain operations and remain able to respond to incidents throughout the city, (Must be true)

The Atlanta Police Department, however, denied the reports, saying “suggestions that multiple officers from each zone had walked off the job” were “inaccurate.”The APD insisted it has “enough resources to maintain operations and remain able to respond to incidents throughout the city,” while also admitting that it has been overwhelmed with calls.

Atlanta Police Department✔@Atlanta_Police

Earlier suggestions that multiple officers from each zone had walked off the job were inaccurate. The department is experiencing a higher than usual number of call outs with the incoming shift. We have enough resources to maintain operations & remain able to respond to incidents.

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The “department is experiencing a higher than usual number of call outs with the incoming shift,” it said.