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Police to join North Fulton SWAT By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Police Department is planning to break away from the North Metro Special Weapons and Tactics team to join a squad consisting of its North Fulton sister cities. Founded in 2009, North Metro SWAT is a multi-jurisdictional tactical team that consists of the Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Dunwoody,
Chamblee and Brookhaven police departments. Because Sandy Springs is looking to form its own SWAT team, Johns Creek Police Chief Mark Mitchell said it made “business sense” to change memberships to North Fulton SWAT. The unit is made up of the Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton police departments. As an incoming member, Mitchell said proximity is a big benefit.
“We face a lot of the same crimes and type of call outs and things like that,” Mitchell said. “We’re already partnered with them on other ventures and things that we do.” In June, Johns Creek entered a contract with the other North Fulton cities for ambulance services provided by American Medical Response. Mitchell said Johns Creek’s participation in North Metro SWAT ends Jan. 8.
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The Johns Creek Police Department is planning to break away from the North Metro Special Weapons and Tactics team to join the North Fulton SWAT unit, consisting of the Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton police departments.
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