Jessica Emoniee Preston — Dunwoody Police Department
Investigative records document GCIC/NCIC and Flock database searches, contested discipline and a later employment termination.
Shields of Shame investigative case page about a Dunwoody Police internal investigation involving GCIC/NCIC and Flock searches. The January 29, 2026 outside investigation describes an October 4, 2025 GCIC/NCIC vehicle-tag inquiry and a corresponding Flock search. Preston said she believed the searches concerned another officer’s safety. Investigators disputed the law-enforcement justification. The report and source materials are listed below. The investigation concerns reported searches and employment proceedings; no criminal conviction is established here.
Discipline, grievances and the November timeline
Preston disputed discipline from a September 20 house-party call and a September 21 vehicle pursuit. Her grievances alleged inconsistent treatment, political influence and retaliation. The outside investigator confirmed that elected officials contacted the police chief about the house-party arrests but did not substantiate that those contacts improperly influenced discipline.
Lt. Dove sought approval for the separate database investigation at 12:47 p.m. on November 18, 2025. Chief Mike Carlson approved it at 1:45 p.m. Preston submitted her grievances at 8:09 p.m. that evening. The outside investigator therefore concluded that opening the inquiry was not retaliation for the later grievance.
Termination and POST review
The January 29, 2026 independent report did not substantiate Preston’s claims of discrimination, retaliation or unfair treatment. The supplied historical Georgia POST record lists her Dunwoody employment ending February 11, 2026, as terminated. An August 27 snapshot listed her basic certification as active, her file requiring review, and a POST investigation opened February 19. These historical entries do not establish her current status.
How investigators found the Flock search
Original records
Read the independent investigative report PDF
Read Rough Draft Atlanta’s independent coverage
Evidence: The independent January 29 report and Georgia POST history are available below. These are dated records, not proof of a criminal conviction.
Lt. Jason Dove interviewed Preston on November 14, 2025. An October 4 GCIC/NCIC inquiry involving Yazid Ajape’s vehicle plate led him to request a Flock audit. Investigators found a corresponding Flock search. Preston said she was concerned about threatening messages and vandalism involving Officer Ramatu Kamara. The outside investigator noted the absence of a related police response or report.
What the raw audit could reveal
Records still needed include every Preston Flock search, query timestamps, search reasons, returned results, and any exports. The original Flock audit, GCIC/NCIC transaction history and the emails transmitting both sets of records would show exactly what investigators compared.
Questions the investigation leaves open
Did the searches return vehicle-location data? Was the information shared? Were any official case numbers entered? Were the database accounts reviewed routinely before the complaint? Those questions require the underlying logs and should not be answered by inference.
Discipline, grievances and the November timeline
Preston disputed discipline from a September 20 house-party call and a September 21 vehicle pursuit. Her grievances alleged inconsistent treatment, political influence and retaliation. The outside investigator confirmed that elected officials contacted the police chief about the house-party arrests but did not substantiate that those contacts improperly influenced discipline.
Lt. Dove sought approval for the separate database investigation at 12:47 p.m. on November 18, 2025. Chief Mike Carlson approved it at 1:45 p.m. Preston submitted her grievances at 8:09 p.m. that evening. The outside investigator therefore concluded that opening the inquiry was not retaliation for the later grievance.
Termination and POST review
The January 29, 2026 independent report did not substantiate Preston’s claims of discrimination, retaliation or unfair treatment. The supplied historical Georgia POST record lists her Dunwoody employment ending February 11, 2026, as terminated. An August 27 snapshot listed her basic certification as active, her file requiring review, and a POST investigation opened February 19. These historical entries do not establish her current status.