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After Cobb schools initially refused to ID the company that will be using national intelligence tactics to detect school threats, the district confirmed the company is Servius Group -- a private travel security firm for the wealthy, @ThadMoore reported ajc.com/education/secretive-…
The leader of a secretive company proposing to use student data to detect school threats spoke at the Cobb County school board meeting this month. He wouldn't give his last name or identify his company.
Here's who they are: ajc.com/education/cobb-schoo…
New: Atlanta's top water official addressed the city's failure to maintain key components of its drinking water system today in response to our investigation. "It’s unfortunate that we’re here," he said, vowing to fix the problems.
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Our investigation into the state of Atlanta's drinking water valves and the role they played in the May/June water crisis: ajc.com/news/investigations/…
Thad Moore retweeted
Atlanta’s water crisis took six days to fix in June. A geyser roared in Midtown for days before crews got it under control.
What took so long? The parts that should have stopped the flow failed. The city says it didn’t do enough to ensure they’d work. ajc.com/news/investigations/…
Equipment failures left Atlanta with two choices to stop the geyser in Midtown earlier this year: shut off water as far away as Buckhead, or tell residents to boil their water for days.
How years of neglect put the city in a jam: ajc.com/news/investigations/…
Atlanta’s water crisis took six days to fix in June. A geyser roared in Midtown for days before crews got it under control.
What took so long? The parts that should have stopped the flow failed. The city says it didn’t do enough to ensure they’d work. ajc.com/news/investigations/…
We previously reported that Jackson County, Ga.'s largest school district wasn't told Colt Gray was being investigated for potential school shooting threats in 2023.
The sheriff now says the school district Gray attended may not have been notified either.
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Thad Moore retweeted
#BREAKING: More than a year before Colt Gray allegedly shot and killed two teachers and two students at Apalachee High School, local investigators questioned the boy about a disturbing tip they’d received from the FBI.
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Thad Moore retweeted
New: Local police investigated the alleged Georgia school shooter in 2023 for making school shooting threats, but quickly dismissed the risk. An officer told Colt Gray, “I gotta take you at your word, and I hope you’re being honest with me.” W/ @klandergan ajc.com/news/local-officers-…
New: Local police investigated the alleged Georgia school shooter in 2023 for making school shooting threats, but quickly dismissed the risk. An officer told Colt Gray, “I gotta take you at your word, and I hope you’re being honest with me.” W/ @klandergan ajc.com/news/local-officers-…
Ex-Atlanta CFO Jim Beard is the latest — and perhaps last — high-ranking official from former Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration to be sentenced to federal prison.
On the conclusion of the last remaining City Hall corruption case: ajc.com/news/ex-atlanta-cfo-…
Thad Moore retweeted
Eleven inmates charged with murder in beating death at S. Georgia prison where 80% of officer jobs are vacant and corruption is rampant. Our latest. With @CCTeegardin and @GAinvestigate ajc.com/news/investigations/…
After Hampton County got a new administrator last year, she called the sheriff to report things "that just didn’t look right." SLED has been investigating since, the agency has confirmed.
Our story: postandcourier.com/news/sled…
Big update in Hampton County, S.C.: The former county administrator has been charged with embezzlement. postandcourier.com/news/form…
S.C. lawmakers voted to commission a forensic audit of Hampton County's unaccounted-for millions.
Important development via @MitchABlack: postandcourier.com/uncovered…
While the budget proviso should address concerns in Hampton, South Carolina still has limited tools to investigate financial problems in local government: postandcourier.com/uncovered…
Georgia State Patrol's policies allow troopers to engage in pursuits over offenses as minor as seatbelt violations. More than 1,900 people - most often bystanders or passengers - were injured over five years and 63 were killed.
Vital @ajc investigation: ajc.com/news/investigations/…
In two weeks, Warm Springs - the small-town home of FDR's Little White House - fired its police chief, suspended all but one of its officers, and called in GBI.
The turmoil appears to have started with an anonymous email.
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