CLARKSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Name

CLARKSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Legal name

City of Clarkston

Website

https://clarkstonga.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Law Enforcement / Public Safety Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAGAA

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Law Enforcement & Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS)

SECONDARYBPAIACAL

Community Safety Administration (Fire/EMS, Emergency Management)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Community policing
• Public safety
• Traffic enforcement
• Crime prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Clarkston, GA

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Clarkston Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency for the City of Clarkston, Georgia, delivering patrol, investigation, traffic enforcement, and emergency response services. It supplements core policing with community-oriented programs such as the S.T.E.P. traffic unit, house checks, child safety seat installations, drug take-back, ride-along, free safety classes, and an Interactive Defense citizen communication platform.

Product overview

The Clarkston Police Department provides comprehensive law enforcement services to the City of Clarkston, Georgia. The department operates as part of the City of Clarkston municipal government and offers core police services including patrol, investigation, and emergency response. The department supplements its core services with various community-oriented programs including the S.T.E.P. (Safety Traffic Enforcement Patrol) Unit for traffic safety, the Interactive Defense web-based citizen communication platform for reporting and information sharing, crime mapping tools, house check services for traveling residents, child safety seat inspections, drug take-back programs, ride-along programs, and free community education classes. The department utilizes the Interactive Defense platform to facilitate citizen engagement including viewing wanted/missing persons databases and providing anonymous crime tips.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 71% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park, supported by city planning efforts including grant-funded trail feasibility studies along Peachtree Creek.
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 2026The City of Clarkston was selected by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) as a recipient of planning and technical support through the 2026 Community Development Assistance Program (CDAP). Clarkston was one of five metro Atlanta projects selected competitively. The support will focus on housing assessment covering affordability, stability, and community voices.
• Event HelperZminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 2026The City of Clarkston partnered with Event HelperZ to launch the inaugural Clarkston Farmers Market, a monthly event connecting residents and visitors with fresh locally sourced food, artisan goods, and community resources.
• Project Live LoveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject Live Love partnered with Golden Key International Honour Society for a Global Stand service event serving the refugee community in Clarkston. Activities included working in the Friends of Refugee's community garden, delivering groceries to homes, community outreach with the Family Heritage Foundation, community clean-ups with the Clarkston Police Department, and painting at International Bible Church.
• Golden Key International Honour SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGolden Key International Honour Society partnered with Project Live Love for a service event serving the refugee community in Clarkston as part of their 2012 International Summit Global Stand. Hundreds of scholars from around the world participated in community service activities.
• Interactive DefensecoreTechnology or IntegrationOn December 20, 2011, the City of Clarkston partnered with the Alpharetta-based company Interactive Defense to provide citizens with a web-based communication platform enabling home watch scheduling, code and public works issue reporting, crime map access, wanted/missing persons database, and crime tip submissions. The partnership was designed to build community policing partnerships and create ownership around solving community challenges.
• National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerClarkston was one of 12 cities selected to receive $40,000 in grant funding from NRPA to support planning efforts for the 10-Minute Walk Campaign, aimed at increasing access to high-quality parks within a 10-minute walk. The NRPA leads this campaign alongside The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), providing tools and resources including TPL's Park Serve and Parkology platforms and ULI's Advisory Services.
• The Trust for Public Land (TPL)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTPL is a co-lead of the 10-Minute Walk campaign alongside NRPA and ULI. Clarkston receives access to TPL's Park Serve and Parkology tools through the NRPA grant to support park access planning.
• Urban Land Institute (ULI)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerULI is a co-lead of the 10-Minute Walk campaign alongside NRPA and TPL. Clarkston receives access to ULI's Advisory Services through the NRPA grant.
• Friends of RefugeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner organization that worked with Project Live Love and Golden Key volunteers on community garden activities as part of the refugee support service event in Clarkston.
• Family Heritage FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner that collaborated with Project Live Love and Golden Key volunteers on community outreach projects as part of the refugee support service event in Clarkston.
• Georgia Municipal Association (GMA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerClarkston was named to the Georgia Placemaking Collaborative's 2022 program by GMA and the Georgia Cities Foundation. GMA provides legislative advocacy, educational, employee benefit, and consulting services to Georgia's municipal governments.
• Georgia Cities Foundation (GCF)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerGCF named Clarkston to the Georgia Placemaking Collaborative's 2022 program. GCF assists cities in community and economic development, serving as a partner in funding capital projects and providing training and technical assistance.
• Urban Land Institute (ULI) AtlantaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City of Clarkston was selected by ULI Atlanta to receive technical assistance in addressing land development and business cultivation issues through the ULI Technical Assistance Panel (mTAP) program for Town Center Redevelopment.
• Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe City of Clarkston partnered with Georgia DOT on a streetscape project for the city, holding a Public Information Open House in June 2015 to gather community input.
• The Georgia Trust for Historic PreservationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation awarded the Clarkston City Hall Annex an award for Excellence in Rehabilitation at its 37th annual Preservation Awards ceremony. The annex was previously the historic Morris House, built in the 1850s, purchased by the City in April 2012, and renovated to provide additional office and meeting space.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tucker Police Department: Municipal police department for the City of Tucker, GA, a recently incorporated DeKalb County city of comparable scale, sharing similar service-delivery and community-policing responsibilities.
• Chamblee Police Department: Municipal police department for the City of Chamblee, GA, a nearby small DeKalb County municipality with comparable diversity profile and similarly scaled law-enforcement mandate.
• Decatur Police Department: Municipal police department serving the adjacent City of Decatur, GA — a similar-sized, similarly diverse DeKalb County municipality with comparable community-policing scope, service portfolio, and budget profile to the Clarkston Police Department.
• Pine Lake Police Department: Very small municipal police department in Pine Lake, GA — one of the closest comparables in scale and DeKalb County context to the Clarkston Police Department.
• Brookhaven Police Department: Municipal police department serving the City of Brookhaven, GA, a nearby DeKalb County municipality of comparable population scale. It operates with a similar mix of patrol, traffic enforcement, and community-engagement programming.
• Doraville Police Department: Municipal police department for the City of Doraville, GA, an adjacent DeKalb County municipality with a similarly diverse, multilingual population and parallel community-policing needs.
• Lithonia Police Department: Municipal police department for the City of Lithonia, GA, a small nearby municipality in DeKalb County with comparable service-area size and community-policing orientation.
• Stone Mountain Police Department: Municipal police department serving the small City of Stone Mountain, GA, comparable to Clarkston in geographic and demographic profile and operating with a similarly scaled sworn force.

Broad incumbents

• Atlanta Police Department: Municipal police department for the City of Atlanta — orders of magnitude larger than the Clarkston Police Department, but operating the same municipal law-enforcement function in the same metro region. Useful as a broad-incumbent reference for service breadth and budget structure.

Regional players

• DeKalb County Police Department: County-level law enforcement agency covering unincorporated areas adjacent to Clarkston. While operating at a larger scale and serving a broader geography, it shares the same regional jurisdiction and provides a relevant reference point for capacity and budget benchmarks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cityofclarkston?lang=en
• Facebookfacebook.com/CityofClarkstonGa
• Instagraminstagram.com/cityofclarkstonga
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clarkston-police-department

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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