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    An audit of the Atlanta Police Department has concluded that it has consistently underreported crimes for years. The audit found evidence of negligence and deliberate efforts to improve the city's image for tourism, possibly including the Olympics in 1996.     The report, by the management consultant firm Linder & Associates, painted a picture of a department mired in disorganization and increasingly besieged by 911 calls, some of which never got a response.     "We've not seen this sense of a condition of being overwhelmed in any other major city," said John Linder, president of the consulting firm.     Several...