AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Newly released records from the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) provide new details in the Richmond County School System Board of Education (BOE) Police Department test-cheating scandal first reported in 2024.
New POST outcome: Tajuana Jones placed on probation
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.
POST file details the alleged cheating method
According to the investigative file, the case stems from a multi-officer cheating scandal involving nine officers at the same agency…