On 911, David Wilkinson was one of two Secret Service agents assigned to President Bush. He has lots of stories, though he can’t tell you most of them. The president awarded him the distinguished service award for supervision of agents and for decisive actions on 911. He joined the Secret Service at age 22, and rose to the pinnacle of his profession during more than two decades in the service, eventually overseeing 350 Secret Service agents and 650 uniformed officers that guard the perimeter of the White House.
Through his experiences traveling with the president and all of the disruptions that entails, Agent Wilkinson decided that law enforcement doesn’t collaborate enough with the community to address our safety needs.
In this PODCAST, Agent Wilkinson explains why he accepted a job of President/CEO of Atlanta Police Foundation, where he seeks to develop a system to PREVENT crime instead of responding to it.
In his new role, he also convened the Atlanta Security Council to address common safety and security issues for City of Atlanta and to develop a plan for emergency preparedness for the state of Georgia. Their efforts led to Operation Shield, a fully integrated video surveillance system that you can ready about here:
http://www.atlantadowntown.com/NewsOperationShield.asp
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