Richmond County School System Board of Education (BOE) Police Department test-cheating scandal first reported in 2024. POST records show Officer Tajuana A. Jones — a Basic Law Enforcement-certified School Resource Officer with the Richmond County BOE Police Department — was given 24 months of probation in connection with the investigation. The POST file shows her case was presented to POST’s Probable Cause Committee (PCC) on Jan. 13, 2026. The PCC recommendation: revocation withheld and 24-month probation. Jones also must complete an Ethics & Professionalism course (minimum two hours) within six months, at her own expense, according to POST. According to the investigative file, the case stems from a multi-officer cheating scandal involving nine officers at the same agency. The file states two supervisors — Sgt. Dorothy Holmon and Cpl. Kara Anderson — took POST-credited online training courses through a platform called Virtual Academy and then shared screenshots of test questions and answers via a group text message. POST’s investigative file indicates Jones: Jones cited a culture of retaliation at the agency, according to the file. She referenced a prior incident in which she said
