Atlanta Escorts: Atlanta police officer moves into home rent-free
Posted on December 21st, 2011 in Atlanta escorts
… I really want to be a part of a positive movement in this neighborhood,” said Officer Jamie Wallace.
Wallace applied to live rent-free as part of a larger plan to have a police presence in the neighborhood. That plan started with John Gordon, who formed Friends of English Avenue after undercover Atlanta police officers killed Kathryn Johnston in her home two blocks away during a botched drug raid.
“It forced people to focus on the neighborhood,” said Gordon.
Gordon had an idea to reduce crime in the area. That idea grew through a partnership with Lindsey Street Baptist Church, who owned the land.
“Here they are living right in the midst of one of the challenged communities, as it relates to just about anything you can name, drugs, prostitution, all the rest,” said Rev. Anthony Motley.
See the full article from “WGCL Atlanta”
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