Atlanta Police Department

Special Enforcement

Commanding Officer:  Major Randell C. Robinson

1. The Special Enforcement Section provides proactive enforcement of technology, homeland security and drug investigations.
2. The License and Permits Unit investigates the applicants for a wide variety of licenses, most notably, liquor licenses. This unit staffs the City's License Review Board.
3. The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) is a task force of local, state and federal officers charged with investigating drug trafficking.
   The Homeland Security Unit is responsible for gathering, collating, analyzing and disseminating information relating to criminal activity that presents a threat to the community.
   1. The Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) investigates computer-related crime. The unit assists in collection and preservation of electronic crime evidence and provides support for other investigations.
   2. The Gangs and Guns Squad is responsible for identifying, verifying, monitoring, tracking and suppressing the growth of gang activities and monitoring offenders that carry guns during the commission of a crime.
   3. The Intelligence Squad is responsible for identifying and monitoring organized crime.
   4. The Electronic Surveillance Squad maintains the Department�€™s surveillance equipment, authorizes employees to use equipment and maintains reports on surveillance activities.

Major Crimes Phone List

Gangs and Guns Squad:  404-546-4230

Narcotics Enforcement Unit:  404-546-2650

A.P.E.X Unit: 404-546-6922

Special Enforcement Section:  404-546-4244

Atlanta Police Department
Special Enforcement Section
226 Peachtree St SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Office: 404-546-4244
APDSpecialEnforcementSection@atlantaga.gov

Homeland Security

The Homeland Security Unit is responsible for gathering, collating, analyzing and disseminating information relating to criminal activity that presents a threat to the community.

Atlanta Police Department
Homeland Security
226 Peachtree St SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Office: 404-546-4230
APDHomelandSecurity@atlantaga.gov

Cyber Crimes

The Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) investigates computer-related crime. The unit assists in collection and preservation of electronic crime evidence and provides support for other investigations.

Atlanta Police Department
Cyber Crimes Unit
226 Peachtree St SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Targeted Enforcement "Gangs"

The Gangs and Guns Squad is responsible for identifying, verifying, monitoring, tracking and suppressing the growth of gang activities and monitoring offenders that carry guns during the commission of a crime.

APDGangs@atlantaga.gov
 

Intelligence Squad

The Intelligence Squad is responsible for identifying and monitoring organized crime.

A.P.E.X.

The mission of the Atlanta Proactive Enforcement Interdiction (A.P.E.X.) Unit is to identify violent crime patterns utilizing analytical data. To deploy and prevent violent crime and arrest the most violent criminals who are involved in this behavior.

Atlanta Police Department
A.P.E.X. Unit
226 Peachtree St SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Office: 404-546-6922

Narcotics Enforcement

The Narcotics Enforcement Unit is responsible for investigating all forms of drug activity. The Unit is also responsible for storage of drug evidence and maintaining chain of custody documents.

• The Financial Investigations Squad is responsible for preparing forfeiture actions at the State and Federal levels for seizing assets and proceeds belonging to criminals involved in illegal drug activity, gambling, prostitution and all other RICO related incidents.
• The Weed and Seed Squad proactively rids the community of the criminal element and replaces it with programs to enhance the quality of life for citizens in those communities.
• The Safe Neighborhood Task Force is Atlanta's participation in Project Safe Neighborhood, a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those programs with additional tools necessary to be successful.
• The Narcotics Squad is responsible for enforcement of narcotics laws in the areas of undercover buys, raids, and the use of informants to intervene in the supply of narcotics

Atlanta Police Department
Narcotics Enforcement Unit
226 Peachtree St SW
Atlanta, Ga 30303
Main Line: 404-546-4245
Tip Line: 404-546-2650

License & Permits

The License and Permits Unit investigates the applicants for a wide variety of licenses, most notably, liquor licenses. This unit staffs the City's License Review Board.

Atlanta Police Department
License and Permits
3493 Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
Office: 404-546-4470

Vice

The Vice Unit is responsible for investigating all forms of vice activities involving liquor, drugs, prostitution and gambling.
Atlanta Police Department

Vice Unit
226 Peachtree St SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
APDVice@atlantaga.gov