APD deputy chief Buckhead business group speaker

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Shawn L. Jones, deputychief of the Atlanta Police Department, will speak at the Buckhead BusinessAssociation Weekly Breakfast Thursday, Aug. 16, at the City Club of Buckhead.Police Chief George Turner was originally scheduled to be the speaker but Jonesis speaking in his place.

Joneswas appointed to the rank of deputy chief in January of 2010 and is responsiblefor managing the Atlanta Police Department's Support Services Division. Priorto his appointment, Deputy Chief Jones commanded the Hartsfield-Jackson AtlantaInternational Airport police precinct from 2008 to 2010. During his tenure atthe airport, it was ranked the busiest airport in the world in 2008 and 2009.

Deputy Chief Shawn Jones

DeputyChief Jones managed 153 employees at the H-JAIA (the K-9 unit, the Explosive OrdinanceDisposal Unit, mobile and fixed post officers, police dispatchers andadministrative support employees). Moreover, he prepared and managed a 16.9million dollar budget consistent with the airport's strategic plan and businessplanning process.
In a post 9/11environment at the H-JAIA, Deputy Chief Jones worked closely with federal,state, and local law enforcement personnel (the Aviation Federal SecurityDirector, the FBI, TSA, the Federal Air Marshalls, etc.). In addition, heactively communicated with airport police commanders in the US and abroad as amember of the Airport Law Enforcement Agencies Network (ALEAN).
Deputy Chief Jones wasappointed to the rank of Police Major in May of 2007 and assigned to theCorporate Services Section. The Corporate Services Section is comprised ofProperty Control, Personnel Services, Finance, Grants Management, FleetServices and Background and Recruitment. In 2007, he oversaw the APD’sBackground and Recruitment Unit's successful effort of hiring a record-setting251 police recruits in a single year.
Jones began his lawenforcement career with the Atlanta Police Department in 1986. After graduatingfrom the Atlanta Police Academy, he was assigned to work at the Zone Fourpolice precinct (Southwest Atlanta). He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in1993 and was assigned to the Zone Six (Northeast Atlanta) where he worked as apatrol supervisor. In June 1997, Jones was promoted to the rank of lieutenantand assigned as the Day Watch patrol commander in Zone Two, which includesBuckhead.  
Prior to joining theAPD in 1986, Jones earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications atMorris Brown College.  In 2005 he graduated from Troy University withhonors (Sigma Beta Delta) earning a Master of Public Administration.
The Buckhead BusinessAssociation (BBA) Weekly Breakfast Series takes place each Thursday morningfrom 7:20 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the City Club of Buckhead, located on the 18^thfloor of the Atlanta Financial Center, 3343 Peachtree Road N.E. 
Tickets are $10 forBBA members and $20 for visitors and guests.  Validated self-parking isavailable for all attendees. For more information, please visit the BBA websiteat www.buckheadbusiness.org.