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Conyers Police donates patrol car to Rockdale Career Academy
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(Above) RCPS Superintendent Dr. Samuel King, CPD Chief Gene Wilson, City Councilman Cleveland Stroud, Public Safety Instructors Ben McCumber and Matt Mahathey, Capt. Scott Freeman, and RCA CEO Miki Edwards with a class of public safety students. - photo by Photo by Michelle Kim
Rockdale Career Academy students will be learning about public safety with the help of equipment donated by the Conyers Police Department. Last fall the Conyers City Council approved the surplus of select police equipment to Rockdale County Public Schools and RCA. The donated equipment includes a patrol car featuring the standard emergency lights, cage, etc., as well as holsters and accompanying pieces for the holsters. “Once a patrol car has surpassed mileage that we deem appropriate for such use and we evaluate the overall maintenance costs to keep the vehicle in service, a determination is