The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to the Atlanta City Council expressing support for Atlanta’s Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative (PAD), which provides critical services for Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents—important services that are in jeopardy unless funding is extended immediately. The letter conveys that it is no exaggeration to state that PAD’s services can improve—and have improved—the life trajectory of many of Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents.
The letter further urges the City Council to approve PAD’s funding with the City of Atlanta so its crucial services remain available for both cost savings and reduced criminalization of low-level, poverty-related incidents.
Read the full letter here.
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Founded in 1940, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is the nation’s first civil rights law organization. LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub within LDF that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. In media attributions, please refer to us as the Legal Defense Fund or LDF. Please note that LDF has been completely separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957—although LDF was originally founded by the NAACP and shares its commitment to equal rights.
