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Tytianna Jenay Davis: Albany Police Officer Arrested After Flock Audit — Six Charges and a Dougherty County Court Case

An internal surveillance audit led to five former Albany Police Department officers being arrested. Among them was Tytianna Jenay Davis, who faced five counts of misuse of license plate data and one count of violation of oath by a public officer. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrests July 6, 2026, after Albany Police asked state investigators to examine suspected personal use of its Flock Safety automated license plate reader system. These are criminal allegations; Davis is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

The Flock audit that triggered the GBI investigation

According to the GBI’s July 6 announcement, Albany Police reviewed the Flock system and found that officers had accessed retained plate information on multiple occasions for reasons unrelated to law enforcement. The department requested GBI assistance on June 25, 2026. Investigators subsequently arrested five former officers. Albany Police Chief Michael Persley told local media that improved monitoring could identify queries outside normal parameters and that the department was reinforcing its policies and oversight.

The agency did not publicly identify the vehicles Davis allegedly searched, her stated reasons, or whether information was exported or shared. The five counts do not by themselves establish the exact number of individual queries.

GBI official release — July 6, 2026 ↗

Albany Herald — Police chief discusses audit and accountability ↗

Davis faced six charges, not six convictions

The GBI identified Davis, then 27, as charged with five counts of misuse of license plate data and one count of violation of oath of office. Four other former officers were also arrested: Jade Jackson, Nicholas Richardson, Brittney Smith and Issac Whitus. Their individual charge counts differed. Each case requires its own evidence, and the fact that the officers were investigated together does not establish they coordinated their searches.

Georgia’s license plate reader statute, O.C.G.A. § 35-1-22, restricts access to a law-enforcement purpose and prohibits obtaining data under false pretenses or for other purposes. Violation of oath is separately addressed by O.C.G.A. § 16-10-1. Legal classifications should be taken from the applicable statutes and charging instruments, rather than assuming every count shown in a court portal has the correct offense classification.

Court records: State of Georgia v. Tytianna Davis

The earlier Shields of Shame review of Dougherty County Superior Court records identified case SUWT2026000692, before Judge Victoria S. Darrisaw. At the September 22, 2026 review, the case was marked active. The docket showed appearance-bond and right-to-counsel entries dated July 8, including an own-recognizance bond authorized by Judge Willie C. Dent. It listed warrants on July 10, corrected warrants on July 23 attributed to GBI Special Agent James Hinson, and an appearance by defense attorney Gary Lamar Jr. on September 16.

At that review date, the online docket did not show an indictment, plea, trial, dismissal or final judgment. This page does not claim the case has been resolved. The earlier report noted that the portal’s overview contained an apparently inconsistent 2023 filing date; the dated 2026 docket entries and case number provide the more coherent chronology. Readers should search the clerk portal using SUWT2026000692 and obtain certified records for any legal use.

Original Shields of Shame investigation and docket analysis ↗

Employment history and disputed separation description

The supplied Georgia POST profile, described in the September 22 Shields of Shame investigation, listed Davis as employed by Albany Police from February 20, 2023, through July 1, 2026. Its separation field said “resigned while under investigation.” Contemporary local reporting, however, described five officers as fired. That discrepancy should remain visible rather than silently replacing the POST entry with a media shorthand. An official separation letter and final personnel report are needed to determine the exact administrative action.

Georgia POST certifications: suspended under a sanction

The Georgia POST profile generated August 19, 2026, reportedly listed Davis’s basic law enforcement, radar/LIDAR and intermediate certifications as suspended under a POST sanction, while marking the officer file for review and recording a POST investigation opened July 29. The earlier review also stated that the profile did not display a completed sanction. These administrative fields should be presented as recorded, without interpreting them as a criminal judgment or proof of a later final POST outcome.

Tytianna Jenay Davis Georgia POST certification and employment screenshot

View original Georgia POST certification screenshot ↗

Training record: 774 reported hours

The earlier Shields of Shame examination of Davis’s POST training transcript identified 774 hours of training from 2023 through May 2026. The record included de-escalation, community policing, criminal procedure, firearms, interviews and electronic sources of information. These entries document a professional training history; they do not establish whether Davis completed vendor-specific Flock onboarding or whether the alleged searches occurred.

Read complete Georgia POST training record (PDF) ↗

The dates that matter

February 20, 2023: POST profile lists start of Albany Police employment.
June 25, 2026: Albany Police requests a GBI investigation after a Flock audit.
July 1, 2026: Employment end date in the supplied POST record.
July 6, 2026: GBI announces arrest and six charges against Davis.
July 8, 2026: Court docket lists bond and counsel proceedings.
July 10 and 23, 2026: Warrants and corrected warrants recorded.
July 29, 2026: POST investigation opening date in supplied profile.
August 19, 2026: POST profile snapshot shows certification suspension fields.
September 16, 2026: Defense attorney entry of appearance filed.
September 22, 2026: Earlier Shields of Shame court review finds no final disposition on the public docket.

The surveillance and records questions still unanswered

What vehicle tags were queried? What investigative reasons were entered? Did a supervisor review suspicious searches as they occurred, or only later? Were results exported, retained or shared? The GBI’s announcement does not answer these questions. An appropriate records request should seek audit findings, Flock access-control and training policies, referral correspondence, personnel records, arrest and warrant affidavits, the current criminal docket and updated POST status. Requests for underlying captured plate data may face specific Georgia statutory disclosure restrictions; a request should distinguish exempt captured data from releasable policies, audit methodology, administrative findings and segregable personnel records.

Original Shields of Shame case assets

Davis investigation thumbnail ↗

Georgia POST training transcript — PDF ↗

Georgia POST certification screenshot ↗

Albany Police Department case photograph ↗

Tytianna Jenay Davis Albany Police Department supplied case photograph

Frequently asked questions

How many charges does Davis face?

Five license-plate-data misuse counts and one violation-of-oath count, according to the GBI.

Was Davis convicted?

No conviction was recorded in the publicly reviewed September 22 docket; a current docket is needed for any later outcome.

What is the court case number?

Dougherty County Superior Court case SUWT2026000692.

Was she fired or did she resign?

Local reporting described officers as fired; the supplied POST record specifically lists Davis as resigned while under investigation. The difference remains unresolved.

Were her POST certifications active?

The August 19 profile reportedly showed three certifications suspended under a POST sanction, along with a file-review designation.

Who was allegedly monitored?

The GBI did not identify the particular vehicles or owners Davis allegedly searched.

Tytianna Jenay Davis — Albany Police Flock Misuse Investigation