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Roswell assistant fire marshal climbs 78 stories for 9/11 tribute
Roswell Assistant Fire Marshal Ty Childress climbed 78 stories in full firefighter gear at the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in New Orleans on Aug. 23, continuing a personal tradition of more than a decade ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Public Safety
Roswell Sen. Albers joins task force on plate reader misuse
Roswell state Sen. John Albers, who chairs the Senate Public Safety Committee, announced Aug. 25 that he is joining a new task force to explore legislation curbing police misuse of Flock license plate reader cameras after at least 14 arrests statewide in 2026.
Public Safety
Roswell assistant fire marshal climbs 78 stories for 9/11 tribute
Roswell Assistant Fire Marshal Ty Childress climbed 78 stories in full firefighter gear at the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in New Orleans on Aug. 23, continuing a personal tradition of more than a decade ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Public Safety
Roswell Sen. Albers joins task force on plate reader misuse
Roswell state Sen. John Albers, who chairs the Senate Public Safety Committee, announced Aug. 25 that he is joining a new task force to explore legislation curbing police misuse of Flock license plate reader cameras after at least 14 arrests statewide in 2026.
Public Safety
Roswell assistant fire marshal climbs 78 stories for 9/11 tribute
Roswell Assistant Fire Marshal Ty Childress climbed 78 stories in full firefighter gear at the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in New Orleans on Aug. 23, continuing a personal tradition of more than a decade ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Public Safety
Roswell Sen. Albers joins task force on plate reader misuse
Roswell state Sen. John Albers, who chairs the Senate Public Safety Committee, announced Aug. 25 that he is joining a new task force to explore legislation curbing police misuse of Flock license plate reader cameras after at least 14 arrests statewide in 2026.
Public Safety
Slow-moving Gulf tropical depression could bring flash flood risk to Roswell this week
A tropical depression crawling north from the Gulf of Mexico could send repeated rounds of heavy rain into Georgia early this week, raising flash flood concerns for Roswell's Chattahoochee corridor and low-lying neighborhoods.
Public Safety
Sen. John Albers named Georgia's 2026 Firefighter Legislator of the Year
State Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell), a fourth-generation firefighter and Senate Public Safety Committee chairman, was named the Georgia State Firefighters Association's 2026 Legislator of the Year for his work on NextGen 911, firefighter retirement benefits, and first-responder safety laws.
Public Safety
Trespass stop turns chaotic as woman self-harms, dog charges Roswell officers
Roswell Police officers in an unmarked car detained two previously banned individuals at a Holcomb Bridge Road restaurant after midnight on July 9; the detention escalated when one suspect tried to flee in handcuffs, slammed her head on pavement, and her pit bull charged at officers.
Public Safety
Roswell woman loses $4,500 in bank impersonation scam amid string of phone fraud cases
A Roswell woman lost $4,500 after a phone scammer posing as a bank security agent convinced her to mail cash overnight to Florida, one of at least three phone fraud cases reported to Roswell Police over five weeks totaling $13,500 in losses.
Public Safety
Two Roswell house fires in one week prompt smoke alarm warning
The Roswell Fire Department responded to residential fires on Bridgecrest Road on June 30 and Chattahoochee Street on July 3, displacing three residents and revealing one home had no smoke alarms, prompting officials to urge monthly detector checks.
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