CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL reports. Bottoms said the former chief will remain with the city in a role that has yet to be determined. «Out of a deep and abiding love for this City and this department, I offered to step aside as police chief,» Shields said in a statement Saturday. «APD has my full support, and Mayor Bottoms has my support on the future direction of this department.
I have faith in the Mayor, and it is time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.»On Friday, a 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in Atlanta, Georgia, after resisting arrest, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI).
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