101 NEWS HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF THE EMAIL SENT FROM CITY OF THOMASTON POLICE CHIEF MIKE RICHARDSON TO WASHINGTON POST REPORTER DOUGLAS MACMILLAN REGARDING A CITY OF THOMASTON FEMALE POLICE OFFICER ALLEGED MISUSE OF FLOCK CAMERA INFO. MCMILLAN APPARENTLY SCANNED THE NATION-WIDE NETWORK OF FLACK CAMERA DATA AND FOCUSED ON THE THOMASTON COP WHO SEARCHED A LICENSE PLATE OF A FRIEND OVER 100 TIMES.
POLICE CHIEF MIKE RICHARDSON SAID THE FRIEND DID NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO THE SEARCH OF HER LICENSES PLATES BUT WAS UNAWARE HER FRIEND THE POLICE OFFICER HAD CONDUCTED IT. AS A RESULT CHIEF RICHARDSON TOLD MACMILLAN THE PD HAS REVIEWED ;H ITS POLICIES REGARDING FLOCK CAMERA LICENSE PLATE FLAGGING. THE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED WAS TERMINATED WITHIN DAYS OF THE WASHINGTON POST NOTIFICATION DUE VIOLATION OF CITY AND PD POLICY BUT NO CHARGES WERE FILED. HOWEVER, THE CASE WAS TURNED OVER TO THE GBI FOR INVESTIGATION.
THE CHIEF TOLD US THE OFFICER WILL NOT BE IDENTFIED DUE TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY REGARDING TERMINATIONS.
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