"What you need to do is clean up the neighborhood so other businesses can come in, and downtown Atlanta can prosper," Long told WSB.
According to WSB-TV, Long, who has been on the job for about a year, carries a firearm, a Taser stun gun and a Gro-Pro camera mounted on a bulletproof vest for protection.
The manager became the recipient of some unexpected fame last week when a few of his videos, some of them months old, were uploaded to Reddit and went viral.
A prominent Reddit user, "RyuKenya," has since set up a fundraising drive onCrowdTilt to benefit Long after viewing his videos and meeting with him, the Daily Dot reports. The crowd-sourced campaign to "enable [Long] to get better and more gear" had received more than $22,000 in donations as of Monday afternoon.
"I'm always concerned with my safety, but not to the point where I won't act," Long said in an interview with Right This Minute.
Although the circumstances surrounding the incident aren't clear from the video, the woman was arrested and charged with "disorderly conduct... criminal trespass, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and simple battery," according to WSB.
In 2009, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported a slight decrease in crime in the downtown area due to a "beefed up" police presence, but residents interviewed by WBS in 2013 said that crime remains a problem.
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