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MARTA Police Department receives $1.4 million grant from Gov. Kemp; AJC investigation looks into how UGA football team handles sexual assault claims

MARTA Police Department receives $1.4 million grant from Gov. Kemp; AJC investigation looks into how UGA football team handles sexual assault claims

Closer Look with Rose Scott

July 6, 202345m 57s

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Show Notes

MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher discusses several topics, including a recent $1.4 million grant that the department received from Gov. Brian Kemp, the current state of policing and efforts to recruit new police officers.

 

Alan Judd, an investigative reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, discusses his series of investigative reports that reveal University of Georgia athletes often remain on the school’s football team despite sexual assault and domestic violence allegations.

 *Since the original broadcast of this interview, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution issued corrections to its recent investigation into the University of Georgia football program’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against its players and recruits.

Leroy Chapman, the editor-in-chief of AJC, issued the following statement: “AJC editors and attorneys investigated each complaint raised by university officials in the letter and found two elements of the story that did not meet the news organization’s journalistic standards.”

Read more here: https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cobb/ajc-issues-corrections-in-uga-football-program-story/KH7YTUBWXJDNFHMFXRKYVGDYQA/

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