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What happened in Atlanta today is not connected to the criminal charges, which remain pending against Rolfe. Rather, today’s decision involves Rolfe’s appeal of his summary termination by then Atlanta Police Chief  Erika Shields.  As the decision recounts, in the late-night hours of June 12, 2020, the encounter between Brooks and two Atlanta Police Officers took place in the parking lot of Wendy’s. After the fatal shooting, during the day on June 13, 2020, and under a fear that the city was going to erupt in violence that night, Assistant Police Chief Todd Coyt signed a Notice of Prop...

Garrett Rolfe, former Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, was wrongly terminated, board says Fulton County Sheriff's Departme Garrett Rolfe, the former Atlanta police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot, was wrongly terminated, the Atlanta Civil Service Board has ruled. “We are very excited that the Civil Board says that due process matters,” Lance LoRusso, attorney for Garrett Rolfe, told CNN in a statement. He added that Rolfe’s reinstatement will likely take some time, but he intended to get his client back to work. The At...

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Atlanta Officer Who Shot And KIlled Rayshard Brooks Reinstated After Appeal Garrett Rolfe’s termination was reversed by the Civil Service Board which determined the city failed to provide due process in his arrest. Published 3 weeks ago Garrett Rolfe, the fired Atlanta policeman who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks after a confrontation in a parking lot last June, was reinstated Wednesday after filing an appeal, saying he was terminated unjustly. The city’s Civil Service Board voted to reinstate him saying procedures revolving around giving him due process were not followed. �...

Review board reverses firing of Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Officer in Rayshard Brooks shooting granted bond Replay Video UP NEXT In its ruling Wednesday, Atlanta's Civil Service Board said Garrett Rolfe "was not afforded his right to due process" in his firing "due to the City’s failure to comply with several provisions of the (Atlanta City Code) and the information received during witnesses’ testimony." "Therefore, the board grants the appeal of Garrett Rolfe and revokes his dismissal as an employee of the APD," th...