SHIELDS OF SHAME • GEORGIA POST INVESTIGATION • DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
Aaron Lamar Colquitt: Stolen Property Investigation, DJJ Termination and Georgia POST Revocation
A burglary investigation led to a stolen-property charge that prosecutors later dropped. Georgia POST nevertheless revoked a former juvenile corrections officer’s certification.
Oct. 2, 2017 – May 6, 2019
Sept. 11, 2018
Nolle prosequi, Oct. 28, 2019
Revoked July 30, 2022
How an Atlanta burglary investigation reached a state corrections officer
According to the Georgia POST investigative narrative preserved in the original Shields of Shame archive, Atlanta officers responded to a residential burglary on April 28, 2018. The homeowner reported property missing, including clothing, a Nintendo Switch console and a Taurus .38-caliber handgun. Investigators later traced the Nintendo Switch to a pawn transaction allegedly made by Aaron Lamar Colquitt using his Georgia identification. Investigators also reported linking other stolen clothing to consignment transactions associated with his contact information.
The investigative file recounts Colquitt saying he had bought the gaming console through the LetGo marketplace. Investigators reported requesting supporting transaction records and not receiving them. Those are statements in an investigative record, not proof that Colquitt committed the burglary; the original case did not establish who burglarized the residence.
September 2018 arrest — and the 2019 decision not to prosecute
Colquitt was arrested September 11, 2018 on a misdemeanor theft-by-receiving-stolen-property charge. The earlier SOS review states he was booked into the Fulton County Jail and released on a $2,000 surety bond. On October 28, 2019, the charge was resolved by nolle prosequi: prosecutors elected not to proceed. The record therefore should not be described as a conviction or a judicial finding that Colquitt knowingly possessed stolen property.
A criminal prosecution and a professional-certification review use different procedures and standards. A dropped criminal charge does not automatically prevent POST from reviewing employment conduct, reporting obligations or certification requirements. Conversely, a POST revocation does not retroactively turn a dismissed charge into a criminal conviction.
DJJ discipline and termination
The prior POST case review identifies Colquitt’s Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice employment as October 2, 2017 through May 6, 2019. It describes a May 16, 2018 reprimand involving job performance and a May 21, 2018 performance-improvement plan. The termination was recorded as a failure to return to work after a leave of absence, not as a conviction in the stolen-property case. The specific underlying leave details should not be inferred from the termination notation.
POST investigators continued after the charge was dropped
According to the earlier investigative summary, POST investigators contacted Colquitt in 2021. He reportedly said he had documentation showing the charge was a mistake, but investigators recorded not receiving it. The account also states that he indicated he did not intend to return to law enforcement, and that a voluntary certification-surrender form sent to him had not been returned by October 2021. The POST investigation additionally raised the question of whether he reported the 2018 arrest as required.
July 30, 2022: certification revoked
Shields of Shame’s earlier review of the POST records reports that the Council permanently revoked Colquitt’s Juvenile Correctional Officer certification on July 30, 2022 under Georgia’s officer-certification framework. The exact grounds, certification number and any subsequent reinstatement history should be checked against the original certification history and current POST records. This page does not claim to establish his present employment or the outcome of any later petition.
Examine the primary documents
These source documents were supplied to Shields of Shame for the new website. Each opens separately so readers can inspect the underlying records.
Editorial verification note: the new PDFs are linked directly as supplied, but their complete contents could not be independently extracted in this editing session. Dates and factual descriptions above are grounded in the previously published SOS investigation, pending direct comparison with the newly supplied PDFs.
A separate POST form: disability/medical suspension
The supplied archive also includes an image labeled as a disability/medical suspension form. Georgia POST Rule 464-3-.09 provides a separate process for notification and review of certain long-term medical-status changes affecting the safe performance of officer duties. The presence of this image does not establish that Colquitt had any medical diagnosis, disability or medical suspension. It is included here as a reference to the POST form type, not as an allegation about his health.
View supplied POST form graphic ↗ Georgia POST certification rules ↗
What Georgia POST records can reveal
Georgia POST maintains certification, employment, training, disciplinary and status records for Georgia peace officers, jailers and other certified personnel. Its published rules require agencies to report certain employment changes, disciplinary actions and officer arrests. In a case like this, the key records to request include the POST investigative report, probable-cause recommendation, full Council disposition, certification history, employer separation report, arrest notification and any reinstatement decisions.
POST Operations Division ↗ · Georgia POST official website ↗
Questions still worth pursuing
- Which specific provisions of O.C.G.A. § 35-8-7.1 were cited in the final POST order?
- Was the September 2018 arrest reported to POST, and if not, when was it first discovered?
- What evidence did the Council rely upon after prosecutors declined to proceed?
- Was a hearing requested or a subsequent petition for reconsideration filed?
- Does the current certification history reflect any change since the July 2022 revocation?