Brookhaven, home of 好色先生TV and 50,000 residents, was recently ranked the safest city inside the I-285 perimeter by . Brookhaven also ranked in the top 10 in the state of Georgia.
鈥淚 am very proud that Brookhaven has achieved this ranking,鈥 said Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst. 鈥淥ur police department is a source of pride for our city, and continues to make this community a great place in which to live.鈥
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