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Alpharetta Police Department — Georgia Payroll Summary 2023
A payroll roster is more than a list of salaries. It is an index for tracing public employees across employment, certification, discipline, public complaints and taxpayer spending.
The original Shields of Shame page includes a PDF titled All Employees 07-12-2023 PS REDACTED 2. The filename indicates a July 12, 2023 employee listing. It should not be represented as a complete calendar-year payroll analysis without examining the document’s coverage and fields. The document remains hosted on the old SOS site and is linked directly here.
How the roster becomes an investigation
Names provide a starting point for targeted Georgia Open Records Act requests. A roster alone does not show wrongdoing by any employee, nor does a high salary or overtime total establish misconduct. Records from different sources must be compared before drawing conclusions.
Personnel and employment records
Hiring dates, transfers, promotions, demotions, separation records and discipline.
Internal Affairs and citizen complaints
Complaints, investigative findings, sustained and unsustained allegations, and final disciplinary actions, subject to applicable exemptions.
Use of force and body-worn camera
Use names, dates and incident numbers to locate reports, CAD records and relevant footage.
Pursuits and PIT maneuvers
Pursuit authorizations, crash reports, supervisory reviews and vehicle-intervention records.
Training and Georgia POST
Officer certification, training, prior agencies, POST investigations and sanctions.
Overtime and outside employment
Compare payroll amounts with duty rosters, overtime authorizations, court appearances and approved secondary jobs.
Lawsuits and settlements
Cross-reference personnel with court cases, claims, settlements and related records, without treating an allegation as proof.
Records-request tracking
Track which requests were filed, agency response dates, fees, productions, denials and appeal status.
Follow the paper trail
Payroll → POST history → complaints → Internal Affairs → use of force → litigation → body camera → discipline → current employment. Cross-referencing can reveal prior agency employment and help locate missing documents. Similar names must be matched using reliable identifiers; no person should be associated with another officer’s record on name alone.
Georgia Open Records Act
Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(b)(1)(A), an agency generally must produce available responsive records within three business days or provide the required written response when production within that period is not possible. Agencies may withhold or redact material where a specific legal exemption applies. Ask for a cost estimate before approving chargeable searches or redactions, and request the specific statutory basis for withheld material.
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Related SOS investigation
The roster can also support research into later Alpharetta misconduct allegations, but a 2023 employee list should not be used to infer that a person was employed at a specific time in 2026. SOS separately reports on former officer Dustin Anthony Bozzo and the alleged misuse of Flock automated license-plate-reader data.
READ THE DUSTIN BOZZO INVESTIGATION →
October 9, 2026 editorial update
This page has been reorganized as a public-records resource. It retains the original employee-list PDF and the research methods from the legacy SOS article. No row-by-row payroll totals, employee counts or compensation rankings are asserted here because the PDF has not been independently tabulated for this update.
Publication note: Public employment data supports accountability research but does not establish misconduct. Always distinguish administrative findings, allegations and criminal convictions.