DeKalb Police Reach Out to Stone Mountain Mosque Leaders

Tucker GA -- DeKalb County Public Safety Director Cedric Alexander and other officials met with leaders of a Stone Mountain mosque on Thursday.

The hour-long meeting, which was designed to foster trust between the Muslim community and county leaders, was held at DeKalb’s Public Safety headquarters in Tucker, reports the AJC.

“We will have an opportunity to talk about things that will keep all of us safe, our communities safe and to dismiss a lot of these myths and biases and hateful speech that we have heard that comes into many of our lives everyday,” Alexander said.

DeKalb leaders are asking Muslim residents to be watchful of anyone in their community who might want to cause harm to the general public, while Muslims are asking police to be aware of their safety concerns as well.

County officials and the Muslim attendees both said the meeting was beneficial and good for both sides.