Shields of Shame | Police Misconduct Investigations & Public Records

SHIELDS OF SHAMEPOLICE MISCONDUCT CASE DESK

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Behind Shields of Shame

Behind the badge.
Beneath the silence.

A camera catches a moment. A record can reveal what happened before it—and what came after. For more than three decades, the journalist behind Shields of Shame has worked with cameras and video. But the work did not stop when the recording ended. It moved into the darker corners of public accountability: disciplinary files, internal-affairs interviews, court records, dispatch logs, and the paper trails left behind when someone in authority is accused of crossing the line.

Some cases refuse to fade. In Richmond County, Georgia, the investigation into Jermaine Jones follows a traffic stop that ended in catastrophe and death. In Clayton County, the record leads through allegations, restraint chairs, and proceedings involving former Sheriff Victor Hill. Across Cherokee, Hall, Bibb, Fulton, DeKalb and beyond, names emerge from personnel files and disciplinary histories. In Lakeland, Florida, footage and records from a Baker Act encounter raise difficult questions about a father’s right to film and the conduct of the officers who confronted him. Different agencies. Different uniforms. The same demand: show the evidence.

And sometimes the hardest fight begins after the incident is over. A request goes in. The clock starts. Then come the delays, the invoices, the blacked-out pages, the disputed exemptions, the missing footage. Body-camera audit trails. Radio traffic. Internal-affairs files. Records that belong to the public can require a relentless struggle to obtain. Shields of Shame documents not only what those records reveal, but also the obstacles encountered trying to get them.

Hundreds of law-enforcement personnel have been profiled. More than 1,800 video productions form part of the larger archive. Georgia POST records trace careers and certification decisions. Flock camera investigations probe allegations that powerful surveillance tools were used for personal purposes. Not every allegation is proven. Not every investigation results in discipline. Some end in termination, decertification, criminal charges or conviction; others do not. The difference matters. Here, the documents are not decoration for a headline. They are the foundation of the story.

A badge can command silence. A public record can break it.