Public Safety
Maintaining a Safe and Vibrant Business Community
The CID’s leadership on public safety has brought a renewed and sustained focus on making the district safer. Upon formation of the CID in 2010, local business and commercial property owners – concerned with crime, blight, high vacancy rates, decreased property values and challenges attracting employees due to perceived and actual crime in the district – identified public safety as the number one priority.
To keep the people and businesses of the Fulton Industrial area safe, the CID funds additional patrols and technology to monitor and prevent crime. In addition, the CID maintains a comprehensive program of public-safety services, education, collaboration and communication with businesses, property owners and public-sector partners. Since 2016, the CID has invested in numerous public-safety programs and initiatives, resulting in an 82% decrease in crime in the district.
Strong Partnerships
While the commercial vitality of the district has greatly improved over the past decade, the overall goals of stakeholders and property owners remain constant today: to maintain increased marketability and demand for commercial property, to provide a safe environment for employees and more secure properties, to lower crime rates and to foster a positive experience for those who work or do business in the district.
The CID’s public safety manager, Frank Mazzilli, has fostered outstanding relationships with and between private property owners in the district and public-safety agencies in Fulton County, the city of South Fulton and the city of Atlanta. These collaborative and cooperative efforts have increased communication between private and public sectors and greatly enhanced overall safety as well as public perception of the district, contributing to a solid and sustained economic expansion in the area.
Ongoing Public Safety Initiatives
The CID works diligently to maintain a safe, vibrant business community with enhanced public-safety measures for property owners, the businesses they support and the people they employ. Some of the active initiatives include:
- Extra Police Patrols Program – Currently, the CID implements and manages approximately 6,600 hours of extra police patrols each year in the district, which is the primary strategy in reducing criminal and nuisance activity.
- Trespass Affidavit Program (TAP) – The TAP gives the police the power to act as your agent when there is a criminal trespass occurring on your property, which speeds up the process of prosecution and deterrence.
- License Plate Readers (LPRs) – License plates on vehicles entering or leaving the district can be screened through law-enforcement databases for stolen vehicles or individuals wanted on criminal charges. In addition to law enforcement LPRs, the CID has funded 34 LPRs that are currently deployed throughout the district.
- Drone Technology – In 2025, the CID funded the purchase of a state-of-the-art drone to assist the police in rapidly responding to crime scenes and other emergency incidents.
- Property Security Surveys – This proactive approach to securing the physical locations of businesses includes property inspections, security audits and recommended vulnerability remediations, all of which are available at no cost to property owners within the district.
Public Safety Bulletins
The CID produces public safety bulletins on a variety of topics for district employers and their employees. These can be downloaded from the website.