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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Did Man Shot By PD Suffer From Lack of Efficient Dispatch?

Response times may have been delayed in the case of a man shot to death by Dunwoody police.

It's too early to tell how much miscommunication was created in the shooting pf a 34-year-old Marietta man in Dunwoody because of the separate roles of DeKalb Fire and Dunwoody Police. Both are operated by two distinct dispatch centers, a division that came about shortly after Bradley Almy was shot. After it incorporated, Dunwoody chose to contract with Chatcomm for police emergencies. Listen to a retellng of the transcript and acommpanying story here of the energecy call. Stay tuned for a full upload of the 911 call - as we have ben attempting to find a usable format. Chatcomm receives all initial calls, and then manually transfers it to DeKalb call takers in the case of fire and paramedic emergencies. That adds up to 1 minute 30 seconds…

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Man Killed for Evading Police in Dunwoody had Similar Charges in Cobb

Bradley Almy had a run-in with police last summer where he went to jail for evading police and suspicion of DUI.

Cobb County Sheriff's records show that the man who eluded police Wednesday night in Dunwoody was charged with a similar offense this summer that landed him in the Cobb County jail. The 34-year-old Marietta man also has been charged with two DUIs and has three separate incidents of arrest that show he has been booked into the Cobb jail. Bradley Almy was shot and killed Wednesday night by Dunwoody Police Sgt. Jason Dove after he led police on a chase that started at City Hall and ended on Perimeter Center East. Dove shot the man after he rammed cars and continued to try and elude police at the Ashford Dunwoody and Perimeter Center East intersection near Perimeter Mall, according to Dunwoody Police. Almy was involved in a similar incident …

RP McMurphy

11:55 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

I think police just like to shoot people. Look at the Kathryn Johnston murder. But I understand his company will be closing Dunwoody operations by the first. 473 jobs to be lost.   more ›

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