Keeping Atlantans safe is at the forefront of Councilman Mitchell’s commitment to public service. The public safety initiatives that he has supported include:

·       Approving  an ordinance that provides additional grounds for the denial, revocation, suspension or refusal to renew any alcoholic beverage license to a business when its owner, representatives or employees are aware of the sale of illegal drugs on the licensed premises.

·       Adopting a resolution that encourages the use of surveillance cameras for known crack house locations and illegal dumping sites.

·       Supporting a resolution that authorizes the creation of the City Court of Atlanta Planning and Advisory Committee.

Additionally, Councilman Mitchell supported legislation to adopt a Community Policing Training and Preparedness (CopTAP) Program in 2007.  CopTAP requires that all new graduates from the Atlanta Police Academy be assigned to foot patrol duty for six months in the two police zones with the highest incidence of crime, until each of the Police Department’s six zones have officers on foot patrols. The foot patrols will continue throughout the neighborhoods as new graduates are assigned to additional neighborhoods as needed