It started with a driver arrested on the flip of a coin. It ended with the resignation of the police chief.
This ongoing, year-long investigation of the Roswell, Georgia Police Department has uncovered several secret videos and hidden documents — records showing command staff excused and even rewarded bad behavior from renegade officers within its ranks.
Confidential sources inside the police force wanted to restore integrity and accountability to the department, providing WXIA’s chief investigator with information that led to dozens of public records requests.
The police chief resigned, the deputy chief retired from law enforcement, and three officers were fired amid the 11Alive Atlanta investigation.
(NOTE: These stories were photographed, edited, written, researched, and investigated by the reporter working alone as a multimedia journalist)
