PatchCast: The Week in Review

The week's top headlines for January 30-February 3, 2012.

APS Redistricting: Demographers Address Inman Overcrowding. Southwest Parents To APS: Small Schools Over Closed Schools. APS Redistricting: Before New Schools, Take Stock Of Existing Facilities. Fallen APD Officers Buried In Mableton. DHS Footballers Sign Letters Of Intent. Four Seniors Celebrated At Pebblebrook's Official Signing Day. The Right To Vote On Brookhaven Cityhood Mulled By House Committee.

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Fallen APD Senior Officer Buried in Mableton

Fallen APD Senior Officer Gail Thomas was laid to rest in Mableton today in front of a crowd of hundreds.

It was a beautiful day to say goodbye to who many, many people agree was a beautiful person. Atlanta Police Department Senior Officer Gail Thomas was buried in Mableton's Mount Harmony Memorial Cemetery today after a memorial service at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Atlanta. Thomas was killed Tuesday when she was struck by an alleged drunk driver, while assisting another officer.  "It's just tragic," says Officer Michael Bowman, Cobb County Information Officer. "To date, 14 police officers have already been killed nationwide and if the trend continues, that will be a big number by year's end." The funeral procession was part of an enormous cavalcade, which included law enforcement officers from all over Metropolitan Atlanta. "It's just sad…

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Yolande M. Minor

10:02 pm on Monday, January 30, 2012

Thank you for the beautiful pictures and details of Officer Thomas' homegoing.   more ›

Celebration of Life

(Updated) Funeral in Cascade Heights Monday for Veteran Police Officer Gail Thomas

Elizabeth Baptist on Cascade Road is the location of the wake today for the senior officer, struck and killed by a drunk driver on the I-75/I-85 Brookhaven exchange last week.

  The funeral service for Senior Police Officer Gail Thomas is set for 11 a.m. Mon., Jan. 30  at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 4245 Cascade Road, according to the Atlanta Police Department. The burial will follow at Mount Harmony Cemetery on Veterans Memorial Parkway in Mableton. On Sunday, members of the Atlanta Police Honor Guard received a flag that flew at Ground Zero in New York City at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as part of a tribute ceremony in honor of the fallen officer. The viewing was at Murray Brothers Funeral Home, at Utoy Springs and Cascade Roads. The APD said Saturday that a trust fund has been set up for Thomas' daughter. Donations can be made at any Bank of America in the name of "Senior Police Officer …

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