How Prepared Are Unprepared Are Small Agencies With Large Crowds

The Dark History of Freaknik and Law Enforcement's Goal to Stop the Party. Freaknik was an annual spring break event in Atlanta, Georgia, from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s. The event began as a small gathering of college students and quickly grew into a massive party that attracted people from all over the country. In 2024 the Freaknik parties are popping back up, In recent months many small rural agencies have been caught off guard when hundreds to as many as a thousand show up where police are outnumbered, In Selma, the mayor suspended the police chief and placed him on administrative leave after several shootings occurred. Mayor James Perkins Jr. went public with his grievances about police failing to handle the Freaknik parties. He said that the authorities needed a change in leadership after Selma officers didn’t adequately respond to violence breaking out during “Freaknik-style street parties.”