Drug Suspect Collapsed

An East Point man suspected of selling drugs collapsed and died after a foot chase with police Tuesday night, authorities said.

East Point police officers were patrolling Washington Road near I-285 about 10 p.m. Tuesday on a random sweep for drug-related activity. They spotted Michael Hall at a service station, where they believed he was selling drugs, said Pat Boyce, an East Point police spokeswoman.

Two officers chased him to the Azalea Manor housing complex. At the top of a steep slope that leads to a parking lot, a struggle ensued and Hall fell, Boyce said.

"It was a steep incline from a cliff," she said.

After the officers went down and helped him climb up, he collapsed, she said.

"He vomited too. We don't know whether he swallowed something," Boyce said.

Hall was rushed to South Fulton Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The body was transported to the Fulton County medical examiner's office for an autopsy.

National Night Out

  
The East Point Community Policing Division will be celebrating "National Night Out" on Tuesday, August 3, 2004.  The celebration will begin at 6 P.M. at the Camp Creek MarketPlace (I-285 @ Camp Creek Parkway), 3645 MarketPlace Blvd., Suite 110, East Point, GA 30344.  The community is welcome to attend.  National Night Out participants from across the country will celebrate the event with an array of innovated non-violence programs.  The program participants' in the City of East Point will include members of the City's eighteen Neighborhood Organizational Groups and their kids.  The night's events will focus on crime prevention, drug awareness, non-violence, anger management, interpersonal skills training seminar with a variety of fun games.
The Community Policing Division will demonstrate and display Law Enforcement equipment used to promote drug prevention and intervention programs.  The "Night Out" events will close with free refreshments for all program participants, donated by local businesses.

July Officer of the Month

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The June Crime Stats have been published

 
The June Crime Stats are ready for your viewing. Click here to view the Stats.

Officers Deployed In Operation Enduring Freedom

As of July 2004 all of our Officers who were deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom have been safely returned to our community.

Welcome Lisa Gordon, New City Manager

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome the new City Manager, Lisa Gordon.

The History Of The 4th of July

Chief Frank L. Brown and the East Point Police Department would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Happy and Safe 4th of July. We would also like to take this moment to ask that you join us in remembering the men and women of law enforcement and those serving in our armed forces for their continued sacrifice to keeping America safe and free.

Independence Day, observed on July 4, commemorates the birthday of the United States. As the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, it is a major American holiday and an important time for celebration.

Taxation without representation! That was the battle cry of the 13 colonies in America who were forced to pay taxes to England’s King George III with no representation in Parliament. As dissatisfaction grew, British troops were sent in to quell any signs of rebellion, and repeated attempts by the colonists to resolve the crisis without war proved fruitless.

On June 11, 1776, the colonies’ Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, formed a committee with the express purpose of drafting a document that would formally sever their ties with Great Britain. The committee included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. The document was crafted by Jefferson, who was considered the strongest and most eloquent writer (nevertheless, a total of 86 changes were made to his draft). The final version was officially adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4.

The following day, copies of the Declaration of Independence were distributed and, on July 6, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first newspaper to print the extraordinary document.

The Declaration of Independence has since become our nation’s most cherished symbol of liberty.

On July 8, 1776, the first public readings of the Declaration were held in Philadelphia’s Independence Square to the ringing of bells and band music. One year later, on July 4, 1777, Philadelphia marked Independence Day by adjourning Congress and celebrating with bonfires, bells and fireworks.

The custom eventually spread to other towns both large and small, where the day was marked with processions, oratory, picnics, contests, games, military displays and fireworks. Observations throughout the nation became even more common at the end of the War of 1812 with Great Britain.

On June 24, 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C., to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It was the last letter that Jefferson, who was gravely ill, ever wrote. In it, Jefferson says of the document:

May it be to the world, what I believe it will be ... the signal of arousing men to burst the chains ... and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form, which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. ... For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.

In 1941, Congress declared July 4 a legal Federal holiday. Today, communities across the nation mark this major midsummer holiday with parades, fireworks, picnics and the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and marches by John Philip Sousa.