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# Police and security

Police and security at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: where it is, as the airport lists them.

Updated November 15, 2026

More in our guide: [Medical help at Atlanta airport: 911, defibrillators and where to ask](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/medical-help-at-atlanta-airport/).

## Atlanta Police Department

- **Where:**
  - International Terminal, Int'l Arrivals: 1
- **Details:** For an on-site emergency at the airport, call 404-530-6800. In any emergency, call 911.

Source: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

## Questions about police and security at ATL

### Where can I find the police at ATL?

International Terminal, Int'l Arrivals: 1.

## Related facilities ATL locates

- [Lost and found](https://atlairportguide.com/amenities/lost-and-found/): Domestic Terminal Atrium, 3rd floor, across from the USO office
- [Medical and emergencies](https://atlairportguide.com/amenities/medical-first-aid/): Automated External Defibrillators (AED), Concourse T: 8

## Good to know

- The Atlanta Police Department enforces the City of Atlanta ordinance that bans smoking and vaping inside the airport, with a civil penalty of up to $200.
- Under a City of Atlanta ordinance, access to the airport is restricted 24 hours a day to ticketed passengers, personnel, people meeting or greeting passengers, maintenance workers and others with legitimate business there. The rule covers the terminals, the ATL SkyTrain, the Rental Car Center and the parking decks.
- Items left in the terminal or at a passenger security checkpoint are given to the airport's Lost and Found, and items left on an aircraft or at a gate go to the airline.

Source: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport