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A Tribute to
This page is dedicated to my late “Pop”, Richard Louis Peacock,
Sr. Pop was a career Atlanta Police
Officer and fully responsible for my interest, experience and early training
in the Private Security field. Pop joined the Atlanta Police Department in 1949 and as you could
imagine “had some stories to tell”. Pop was honored to wear APD’s badge #6
and served over half of his career on the Motor squad. Pop never was the supervisory type and
never wanted to climb the political or management chain, therefore he retired
as a “silver badge”. Pop technically retired from active duty in 1976 but maintained
his POST certification in order to continue the ability to serve as an
Atlanta Police Officer. Pop worked for
establishments such as SunTrust Bank (then Trust Company), WSB TV, Piedmont
Driving Club, Coach & Six, Equifax, Alcoa, Rivera Hotel, Nations Bank,
Georgia Power, Bank of America and many more.
Pop was also part of the APD force to work the 1996 Olympic Games held
in Atlanta. In 1998, after several minor strokes, Pop was forced to hang up
his badge & gun belt for good and unfortunately his health began to take
a turn for the worst. Being a Police
Officer was his life and he knew nothing else, after all, he had been a
police officer for 56 years!
(36 years full time w/ City of Atlanta then
additional 20 years as a Reserve Retired Atlanta Police Officer). Soon
after this, the terrible disease of Alzheimer’s set in and things
progressively got worse over the years until finally on February 15, 2008 Pop
just couldn’t take it anymore and decided to go work traffic in heaven at the
age of 84. These pictures and videos are just a few memories of Pop so that
he can always be remembered by those who may not have known him quite so
well. I want everyone to know that Pop will always be a part of the company
that he was responsible for, yet never fully knew it because of the effects
of Alzheimer’s.
Joel Peacock, Tactical Security Solutions, LLC ·
Channel 11 WXIA 6:00 News Special “Georgia People” – watch video (large video file, please allow time for buffering) ·
Channel 2 WSB 6:00 News Special “Michael Jackson & the
Atlanta Police White Gloves” – watch video
(large
video file, allow time for buffering) ·
Pop’s Memorial Service Atlanta Police Department Remarks &
Motor Squad Escort – watch video (large video file, allow time for buffering)
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