Recent audits and investigations have revealed misuse of Flock license plate reader systems by officers in several Georgia agencies and the latest information shows the Hall County Sheriff’s Office is number two on the list of agencies with known violators. The DeKalb County Police Department is first with eight. The Gainesville Police Department, meanwhile, is shown as having three.
While the exact number of violations per agency is not always disclosed, the following departments have been publicly linked to confirmed misuse cases and, in some cases, resignations or criminal charges or both:
DeKalb County Police Department (8), Hall County Sheriff’s Office (7), Richmond County Sheriff’s Office (6), Savannah Police Department (6), Albany Police Department (5), Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (4), Bibb County Sheriff’s Office (4), Coweta County Sheriff’s Office (4), Fayetteville Police Department (4), Gwinnett County Police Department (4), Henry County Police Department (4), Clayton County Police Department (3), Columbus Police Department (3), Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (3), Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (3), and Gainesville Police Department (3), Marietta Police Department (3).
Athens-Clarke County Police Department (2), Brookhaven Police Department (2), Cartersville Police Department (2), Chamblee Police Department (2), Conyers Police Department (2), Dalton Police Department (2), Dunwoody Police Department (2), East Point Police Department (2), Fayette County Sheriff’s Office (2), Floyd County Police Department (2), Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office (2), Henry County Sheriff’s Office (2), Johns Creek Police Department (2).
Kennesaw Police Department (2), LaGrange Police Department (2), Lawrenceville Police Department (2), Milton Police Department (2), Newnan Police Department (2), Peachtree City Police Department (2), Roswell Police Department (2), Sandy Springs Police Department (2), Smyrna Police Department (2), Snellville Police Department (2), Statesboro Police Department (2), Warner Robins Police Department (2), Alpharetta Police Department (1), Americus Police Department (1), Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office (1).
Auburn Police Department (1), Bainbridge Public Safety (1), Barrow County Sheriff’s Office (1), Baxley Police Department (1), Bremen Police Department (1), Brunswick Police Department (1), Butts County Sheriff’s Office (1), Calhoun Police Department (1), Camden County Sheriff’s Office (1), Canton Police Department (1), Carroll County Sheriff’s Office (1), Cedartown Police Department (1), Chatham County Police Department (1), Chatsworth Police Department (1), Clarkston Police Department (1), Clayton County Sheriff’s Office (1), Cleveland Police Department (1).
Cobb County Police Department (1), College Park Police Department (1), Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (1), Cordele Police Department (1), Covington Police Department (1), Crisp County Sheriff’s Office (1), Dawson County Sheriff’s Office (1), Decatur Police Department (1), Dublin Police Department (1), Eastman Police Department (1), Elberton Police Department (1), Emanuel County Sheriff’s Office (1), Fairburn Police Department (1), Fayette County Marshal’s Office (1), Flowery Branch Police Department (1), Fort Valley Police Department (1), Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (1), Garden City Police Department (1), Grady County Sheriff’s Office (1).
Greensboro Police Department (1), Griffin Police Department (1), Grovetown Police Department (1), Habersham County Sheriff’s Office (1), Hampton Police Department (1), Harris County Sheriff’s Office (1), Hartwell Police Department (1), Hazlehurst Police Department (1), Henry County Marshal’s Office (1), Hinesville Police Department (1), Hogansville Police Department (1), Jackson Police Department (1), Jasper Police Department (1), Jefferson Police Department (1), Kingsland Police Department (1), LaFayette Police Department (1), Lake City Police Department (1), Lilburn Police Department (1).
Loganville Police Department (1), Morrow Police Department (1), Norcross Police Department (1), Palmetto Police Department (1), Perry Police Department (1), Pickens County Sheriff’s Office (1), Pooler Police Department (1), Powder Springs Police Department (1), Richmond Hill Police Department (1), Rincon Police Department (1), Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office (1), Rome Police Department (1), Rossville Police Department (1), St. Marys Police Department (1), Sugar Hill Police Department (1), Thomaston Police Department (1), Tifton Police Department (1), Toccoa Police Department (1), Valdosta Police Department (1)
Vidalia Police Department (1), Villa Rica Police Department (1), Waycross Police Department (1), Waynesboro Police Department (1), West Point Police Department (1), Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office (1), and Woodstock Police Department (1).
(This is an A1-assisted story. Compiled from various media outlets and self-reporting of the agencies themselves.)