5 days Ago By By LARRY STANFORD NEWS REPORTER [email protected]
GRIFFIN — When the Griffin Police Department holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at their new South Precinct and Community Center at 730 Anne Street, one of the newest features will be a mural painted on the side of the building.
The City of Griffin Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a contract with artist Jaleel Wimbush of Griffin for a mural to be painted on the South Precinct and Community Center. The vote came at the BOC’s Apr. 8 meeting.
Under the terms of the contract, Wimbush will be paid $7,500 to paint a mural similar in design to the mural at the Griffin Police Headquarters at 234 N. Hill Street, on the side of the South Precinct building. The new precinct will be centrally located across from Anne Street Elementary School, Raymond Head Jr.
Park, and the Heritage Apartments. Last July, city manager Jessica O’Connor said the decision was made to open a precinct on the south side of town after the Police Department was moved to North Hill Street in 2022. “Moving the Police Department from West Poplar Street to its current location on North Hill Street has helped provide stability to the north side of town,” she said.
“However, we lost some of that on the south side. The Community Outreach, Field Investigations, and Traffic units will be housed in the south side precinct. O’Connor said they believe they will be the biggest assets to that community.
“We hope the precinct will not only serve as a place for the department to expand its impact, but also a place for the community to feel more connected to the department and to each other,” she said. “Having this precinct fill out that intersection will help us better engage with the community and provide much needed revitalization and positive energy to the community.” In other business, the BOC appointed six members to the City of Griffin’s Personnel Review Board, as required by the City of Griffin Personnel Policy, Article 15 Disciplinary Actions, Section 15.
6 Hearing. Under Section 15.6, any regular employee who receives “a Notice of Disciplinary Action imposing a salary reduction, suspension, demotion, or dismissal, shall have the opportunity for a hearing before the Personnel Review Board,” upon the employee filing a written request for a hearing within five days of receiving the notice.
The Personnel Review Board consists of a pool of six (6) members and comprised of current or former city or county managers/administrators, city or county attorneys, law enforcement, human resource professionals or persons having experience in personnel management or public employment law. Nominated to the Personnel Review Board were: • Hasco Craver, City of Newnan Assistant City Manager • Miles Neville, Spalding County Human Resources Director • Dr. Randall Peters, former president of Southern Crescent Technical College, currently appointed to the Griffin-Spalding Airport Authority • Dr.
Teaa Allston-Bing, Peachtree City Human Resources Director • Captain Chaundra Brownlee, Hampton Police Department • Chief Woodrow Blue, Forsyth Police Department.
