The map allows residents to view crime data and receive alerts about crime in their area.
The map, hosted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, automatically syncs with ACCPDâs records system to update crime information. The system displays incidents on a map with information such as the type of crime, location type, block-level address, date and time, according to the release.
Through the map system, residents can sign up for neighborhood watch reports that automatically email a report of recent crime activity, as well as submit anonymous crime tips directly to law enforcement, according to the report.
A 76-year-old Athens woman died of injuries sustained in a car crash on Gaines School Road at Barrington Place on Saturday, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department press release.
The woman, Gail Wilder, was a passenger in a Toyota Highlander that collided with a Mercedes E320. Police are still investigating the crash, according to the release.
This was the ninth fatal motor vehicle accident in Athens in 2021.
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A bill from Rep. Houston Gaines to ban defund the police efforts will not hinder efforts to rethink public safety in Athens, commissioners say.
Gaines’s bill passed the Georgia legislature and is on its way to the governor’s desk awaiting Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature. This legislation would ban local governments from reducing a police department s budget by more than 5% in a one-year period.
Exceptions to this include police departments with less than 25 officers or if revenue falls more than 5%.
Gaines’s district includes Athens, a city that he specifically cited as causing a need for this legislation. In 2020, Commissioners Mariah Parker and Tim Denson advocated for a plan to reduce the Athens-Clarke County Police Department by 50% over 10 years, known as the 50/10 Plan to Reimagine Public Safety.
Man Threatened by Unknown Account Over Nude Photos
An unknown person threatened to distribute nude photos of a man if he did not send them $1,000 through CashApp on March 27, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department report.
An unknown Instagram account using a womanâs name requested to follow the manâs account and he accepted. The account then messaged him and asked if he would be willing to exchange nude photos, according to the report.
After the exchange occurred, the person messaged him again saying they were going to âruin his lifeâ and send his nude photos to his Instagram followers. The account sent screenshots to the man of sending his nude photos to his followers, including his sister, according to the report.