Nonprofit focuses on alternatives over arrests in policing

The Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative, or PAD, began in 2017… Since expanding to cover all of the zones patrolled by the Atlanta Police Department zones in January 2021, the nonprofit has helped more than 400 people avoid jail time according to Director of Diversions Denise White.

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