Keeping neighborhoods safe takes more than one answer. Keisha raised the bar for Atlanta's first responders, brought in the technology and resources to back them up, and built an administration that reflected the people it served.

Public Safety & Community Support

• Offered city police officers and firefighters the largest pay raise in Atlanta history, which helped address public safety staffing challenges and morale.

• Committed $3 million to expand the Operation Shield Camera Network by 250 cameras, pledged to add new police officers to patrol the streets, and committed to increase the number of recruits in training.

• Responded to the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd, strongly urging those who shared her pain not to vandalize the city and encouraging them to vote instead.

• Brought in some of the country’s leading civil rights attorneys and policing experts to advise on Atlanta Police Department tactics and policies, including use-of-force standards and de-escalation training.

• Pushed to re-examine evidence from a string of murders that terrorized Atlanta’s Black community between 1979 and 1981, created the Atlanta Child Murders Memorial Task Force, and called for the placement of a memorial to honor the lives of those lost.

• Initiated the City of Atlanta’s Safer Streets Action Plan, a two-year, $5 million program to improve safety features for biking, driving, taking public transit, and using e-scooters.

• Created the One Atlanta-Light up the Night Initiative to add 10,000 new lights to Atlanta’s streets to help cut down on crimes and traffic crashes.

• Partnered with Fulton County and community leaders to create the Policing Alternatives and Diversion program, which became a nationally recognized pre-arrest diversion model that connects people facing mental health, substance use, or poverty-related crises to services and support instead of jail.

• As Mayor, expanded LGBTQ inclusion in city government by appointing the first-ever Director of LGBTQ Affairs in the Southeast and establishing the Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board to help shape policy and strengthen engagement with the community.