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Ramatu Kamara Fired After Dunwoody Police Database Investigation: GCIC/NCIC Disclosure, Flock Audit and Three Officers’ Discipline

A personal dispute led investigators to police computer searches, a photograph of confidential warrant information and a FaceTime call showing information on an officer’s screen. Former Dunwoody Police Officer Ramatu Kamara was terminated November 20, 2025, after an internal-affairs investigation concluded that she improperly requested law-enforcement database checks concerning Yazid Ajape and disclosed information from a department computer. A related investigation also uncovered a Flock Safety license plate reader search attributed to another officer, Jessica Preston.

Important distinction: The available reports do not establish that Kamara personally ran a Flock license plate search. Her documented conduct concerns requesting GCIC/NCIC checks and sharing information. The Flock inquiry was attributed to Preston. The three officers’ roles must not be conflated.

How the investigation began

According to an internal-affairs summary and an independent investigation obtained by Rough Draft Atlanta, the situation involved Kamara and a Virginia man identified as Yazid Ajape, with whom she reportedly had lived. On November 12, 2025, Ajape contacted Dunwoody Police and reported that Kamara had told him another officer discovered an outstanding Virginia warrant and a protective order. He provided a photograph showing information from a police computer.

The internal investigation also addressed two Virginia warrants reportedly served on Kamara at an airport on November 7. They concerned a separate domestic dispute involving Ajape’s wife. These allegations are background to the employment investigation, not proof of a Georgia criminal conviction for database misuse.

Rough Draft Atlanta — independent review of Dunwoody discipline ↗

Kamara’s admissions: requests, a photograph and FaceTime

Investigators reported that Kamara acknowledged asking fellow officers Jakori Edwards and Jessica Preston to run Ajape’s name through the Georgia Crime Information Center and National Crime Information Center systems, known as GCIC/NCIC. She also acknowledged sending Ajape a photograph of information displayed on Edwards’ department-issued laptop and showing him warrant information on the computer through a FaceTime call.

These systems contain sensitive criminal justice information. Police access is governed by authorized law-enforcement purposes and restrictions on dissemination. A police computer displaying a record does not make the record available for personal distribution, even when the subject of the information is known to the officer.

Investigators reportedly obtained a screenshot of an October 4, 2025 warrant hit from Edwards’ assigned laptop. Edwards acknowledged that the photographed computer was his but disputed having performed the search himself. His conduct was separately investigated, and his disciplinary history should not be treated as identical to Kamara’s.

Read Dunwoody Police internal-affairs summary — primary document ↗

The Flock Safety connection: Preston’s separate search

The investigation expanded to examine Jessica Preston’s activity. According to the outside report and reporting by Rough Draft, investigators obtained records indicating Preston searched Ajape’s vehicle tag through Dunwoody’s Flock Safety system and conducted a related GCIC/NCIC inquiry. Preston maintained that she believed her actions were related to safety concerns because Kamara had reportedly received threatening or harassing messages. Investigators concluded that her database activity was not justified by documented police business.

That makes this a connected GCIC/NCIC and Flock accountability case, but it does not establish that Kamara personally operated Flock. The evidentiary chain runs from Kamara’s request and disclosure, through the inquiries attributed to Edwards and Preston, to the audit and disciplinary findings.

Shields of Shame — Jessica Preston investigation and Flock audit ↗

Internal Affairs found policy and law violations

Dunwoody’s internal-affairs summary identified violations of the department’s GCIC/NCIC and mobile data terminal policies, the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services security policy governing proper access and dissemination, and Georgia’s computer-crime law, O.C.G.A. § 16-9-93, including provisions addressing computer trespass and invasion of privacy. The department also cited code-of-conduct rules requiring adherence to policies and law.

An internal finding that conduct violated a statute is not itself a criminal conviction. The materials reviewed here establish administrative conclusions and termination; they do not establish that Kamara was convicted of the cited Georgia computer offenses.

November 20, 2025: termination

Kamara, hired by Dunwoody in 2024, was terminated November 20, 2025. Edwards’ employment was terminated the following day, although his separation status was later changed to resigned in lieu of termination. Preston’s employment and later POST record have a more complicated timeline; the independent report described a November termination decision, while the POST record obtained by Shields of Shame listed an employment end date of February 11, 2026. Each officer’s administrative record should be reviewed separately.

Kamara challenged the firing and alleged discrimination

On December 1, 2025, Kamara submitted a grievance asserting that her termination reflected unequal treatment based on race. She asked the city to allow her to resign instead of retaining a termination designation. Edwards and Preston also alleged that Black officers had received more severe discipline than white colleagues.

The City of Dunwoody commissioned Fisher & Phillips LLP to conduct an independent review. In a January 29, 2026 report, the investigator concluded that the evidence supported Kamara’s termination and did not substantiate allegations that race, sex or protected activity caused the adverse action. The investigator distinguished Kamara’s GCIC/NCIC disclosure from comparator cases involving different conduct. On February 12, City Manager Eric Linton informed Kamara that he had reviewed her grievance and was upholding the police chief’s decision.

Those are the findings of the city-commissioned independent review. Kamara’s discrimination allegation and her disagreement with the disciplinary outcome remain part of the public record and should not be erased merely because the investigator reached a contrary conclusion.

Read January 29 independent investigative report — primary document ↗

The larger surveillance context in Dunwoody

In August 2024, Dunwoody unveiled a Real Time Crime Center integrating Flock license plate readers with other police technology. The city reported a $360,000 capital investment for the facility. In April 2026, the City Council renewed Flock-related contracts despite public concerns over data sharing and oversight. The Kamara, Edwards and Preston investigations illustrate why technology policies require enforceable access controls, audit logs and documented supervisory review—not merely assurances that authorized users will act appropriately.

Dunwoody Real Time Crime Center background ↗

Dunwoody City Council Flock renewal and privacy concerns ↗

Chronology

• 2024: Kamara joins Dunwoody Police Department.
• October 4, 2025: Investigative records later identify a GCIC/NCIC warrant-result screenshot associated with Edwards’ computer.
• November 7: Kamara is reportedly served with two Virginia warrants relating to a separate personal dispute.
• November 12: Ajape contacts Dunwoody Police; investigators obtain information concerning police database access.
• November 14: Internal-affairs interviews address Kamara’s disclosures and Preston’s possible searches.
• November 20: Kamara terminated.
• November 21: Edwards terminated; his recorded separation status is subsequently changed.
• December 1: Kamara files grievance alleging discriminatory treatment and requests resignation option.
• January 29, 2026: Independent investigator issues report finding the allegations of discrimination and retaliation unsubstantiated.
• February 12: City manager upholds Kamara’s termination.
• April 14: Rough Draft Atlanta publishes its investigation and supporting records.

Records Shields of Shame is pursuing

The next records to obtain are the full internal-affairs case file, GCIC/NCIC transaction audits with legally required redactions, relevant Flock user audit records, the city’s access and dissemination policies, Kamara’s personnel and Georgia POST records, termination and grievance correspondence, and any subsequent administrative or court action. For the connected officers, obtain separate disciplinary findings and POST determinations. Disclosure of criminal-history data may be restricted, so requests should distinguish protected data itself from administrative audit metadata, policies and segregable findings.

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Frequently asked questions

Why was Ramatu Kamara fired?

Dunwoody Police found she requested unauthorized GCIC/NCIC searches and improperly disclosed information displayed on an officer’s computer.

Did Kamara personally search Flock?

Not established by the available investigation. The Flock search was attributed to Jessica Preston.

Who was the subject of the database inquiries?

Yazid Ajape, identified in the internal-affairs investigation as a man with whom Kamara had reportedly lived.

What happened to the discrimination complaint?

A city-commissioned independent review found the allegations unsubstantiated, and the city manager upheld Kamara’s termination.

Was Kamara convicted of a Georgia computer crime?

The reviewed sources do not establish a conviction for the violations cited by Internal Affairs.

Why is this connected to the Georgia Flock database?

The same investigation uncovered a Flock search by another officer, Preston, alongside GCIC/NCIC activity involving the three officers.

Related Shields of Shame cases

Original Ramatu Kamara investigation ↗

Jakori Edwards — Dunwoody Police investigation ↗

Jessica Preston — GCIC/NCIC and Flock investigation ↗

Editorial note: This report distinguishes administrative findings, allegations in grievances and criminal court outcomes. The available evidence does not establish that Kamara personally performed a Flock query or that she was criminally convicted for the cited database misconduct. Updated October 13, 2026.