Vowing to reduce crime, Dickens, Kemp help open Buckhead Village police precinct

Buckhead Village Precinct
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp help cut the ribbon on the new Buckhead Village police precinct. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

Atlanta police are touting a double-digit decrease in crime in the Buckhead neighborhood compared to the same time last year.

It comes just a few months after the Buckhead Cityhood movement failed in the state legislature. Supporters of that effort cite crime as their top reason for wanting to leave Atlanta.

Interim police chief Darin Schierbaum spoke Wednesday at the new Buckhead Village police precinct.