Crime & Public Safety

Cobb County Police Department sign in front of headquarters

Crime & Public Safety September 25, 2026

Two Charged With Felony Murder in the Austell Norfolk Southern Yard Homicide Case

[The Cobb County Courier usually omits the names of suspects of crimes unless the crimes are high profile enough that exoneration would be as well publicized as the arrest or…

The rear of a car with the license plate highlighted

Crime & Public Safety September 24, 2026

Warnock urges greater federal oversight of automatic license plate readers

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 23, 2026 U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is calling for federal guardrails around the…

Officials with ribbon in front of new Kennesaw Public Safety Facility

Crime & Public Safety September 24, 2026

City of Kennesaw Celebrates Opening of New Public Safety Facility

The City of Kennesaw distributed the following press release (with photo) about the recent opening of its new Public Safety Facility: The City of Kennesaw officially opened its new 25,000-square-foot…

Detail of Cobb County Police Department STEP Unit vehicle in article about fatal accident on I-75

Crime & Public Safety, Traffic incidents September 22, 2026

Driver Seriously Injured in Single-Vehicle Crash on Church Road in Smyrna

A driver was seriously injured Friday night after a Ford Mustang left Church Road near Groover Drive in the Smyrna area and struck a fence and utility pole, according to…

Crime & Public Safety September 20, 2026

Hearing set for Stacey Humphreys

By Mark Woolsey The Georgia Supreme Court has set a Dec. 8 hearing for oral arguments on whether convicted double-killer Stacey Humphreys should be spared the death sentence. Humphreys was…

Crime & Public Safety September 17, 2026

Execution of Georgia death row inmate delayed in light of new state law

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 16, 2026 Convicted murderer Stacey Humphreys was not executed Wednesday night as scheduled…

Crime & Public Safety September 16, 2026

Execution of Stacey Humphreys on hold

By Mark Woolsey Just when-or-even if-Stacey Humphreys will be executed has now become more uncertain. Humphreys was convicted in 2007 of killing two west Cobb realtors four years and he…

Crime & Public Safety September 16, 2026

Death row inmate facing Wednesday execution in Georgia makes final pleas for a reduced sentence

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 15, 2026 A Cobb County judge has ordered a delay of the execution…

A drawing of an Automatic License Plate Reader

Crime & Public Safety September 16, 2026

How the American revolt against Flock cameras mirrors the Boston Tea Party of 1773

by G. Patrick O’Brien, University of Tampa, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A grassroots revolt against automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, has gained momentum…

Crime & Public Safety September 16, 2026

The upsides and downsides of Automatic License Plate Readers

In October of 2021, the Courier sat down with the public information officers (PIOs) from the Cobb County Police Department and the Marietta Police Department at Cool Beans, the popular…

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