GPSP in Atlanta

GPSP in Atlanta stands for “Grant Park Security Patrol,” it is a non-profit corporation run by volunteers, and the membership cost $35 each quarter. GPSP use that money to hire off-duty city of Atlanta police officers to patrol the streets of Grant Park. During each patrol, the GPSP officer will usually pass each member’s house at least three times. If a member lets the GPSP know that they will be out of town, additional attention is paid to their house while they are away. Since GPSP began about twenty years ago, burglaries in the neighborhood have dropped by 70% and some of that dramatic decrease can be attributed to the work of the GPSP officers. GPSP is helping Atlanta’s street to make it safer, but many times also they were failed to get rid the bad people and incident in the street neighborhood.