ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Three Hall County deputies have resigned after allegedly misusing the agency’s Flock camera system, according to the sheriff’s office. An ongoing audit of the department’s Flock automated license plate reader system found that Jason Orellana, Taylor McArthur and Austin Scott Flanagan used the system for non-law enforcement purposes, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said in a press release Tuesday. Orellana, a deputy with the Uniform Patrol Division, submitted his resignation on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The agency’s internal investigation found that Orellana conducted 10 unauthorized searches on the Flock Safety system at the request of a co-worker who did not have access to the system. Orellana had been employed with HCSO since April 2019. McArthur resigned on Thursday, Aug. 27, the same day she learned she was under investigation for violation of HCSO policies, the sheriff’s office said. McArthur, a deputy assigned to the agency’s Jail Division, allegedly asked Orellana to check the Flock system for information on “persons known to her,” and gave Orellana the information to conduct the searches. McArthur had been employed with HCSO since April 2023. The third deputy, Austin Scott Flanagan, resigned on Thursday, Aug. 27. Flanagan was already on administrative leave with pay for an Aug. 25 arrest for allegedly making harassing phone calls. He submitted his resignation while he was under investigation for that arrest, and for the…
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