PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. – A former Dallas Police Department 911 director was arrested and accused of misusing the Flock license plate reader system, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The GBI stated that it arrested and charged Heidi Taylor, 52, on Wednesday with two misdemeanor counts of misuse of the license plate reader system. Taylor is accused of accessing the system between 2024 and 2025 for non-law enforcement purposes. Authorities said that she was serving as the Dallas Police Department 911 director during the time she accessed the system. The Dallas Police Department requested the GBI to investigate the allegations on July 7. She was booked into the Paulding County Jail on Wednesday A recent string of law enforcement officers have been accused of misusing the automated database. This month, three Coweta County sheriff's employees resigned amid a Flock camera review. Last month, a former Habersham County deputy was fired and arrested after an internal audit revealed he misused the Flock camera system to track an individual with whom he had a personal relationship. The Fayetteville Police Department terminated three of its officers after unauthorized searches in the system. The recent arrests include five police officers in Albany, who were also charged, a deputy in Greene County who was also fired and charged, and a Cherokee County lieutenant and sargent charged for violating their oath in relation to Flock camera misuse. Following the…
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