Four Atlanta Police Department hopefuls were dismissed from a recruitment class after an altercation at an East Point business that involved one of them firing a gun.
The police department confirmed the incident but did not provide the names of the recruits or specific details about the dispute. In a statement, the department said all four police recruits had been separated “following off-duty conduct that did not meet the standards of our agency.”
A spokesperson did not say when or where the incident took place, although Channel 2 Action News reported the situation was a fight at UBar, which bills itself as an upscale sports bar in East Point. The spokesperson said the recruits weren’t yet formally employees of the department…