CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson Someone has vandalized one of the cameras in the county’s Flock surveillance system. Police were notified on September 23rd of a camera at Tallassee and John Collier roads had been spray painted. The value of the damage is $500, police said, and the incident is being investigated as felony interference with government property.

Released by the Eric Gisler campaign : State Rep. Eric Gisler (Dist.121) will hold a Town Hall meeting on Flock Cameras in Athens following allegations that a supervisor in the Athens-Clarke County Police Department used the Flock Camera system to track his ex-wife. Nicholas James Barker, 33, a senior civilian crime analyst with the Athens-Clarke County Police and a supervisor for the Department’s Real Time Crime Center, was fired in August after a Department investigation in

By Joe Johnson Nicholas James Barker, 33, of Jefferson, has been criminally charged for the alleged misuse of the county’s Flock surveillance camera system to spy on his ex-wife. According to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department he improperly used the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for his ex-wife’s vehicle’s tag numerous times over the course of several months last year. Baker was fired in August from his position as senior civilian crime analyst

Cochran By Joe Johnson When Sgt. Robie Cochran made contact with the 75-old man on East Clayton Street it was readily apparent to the Athens police officer that the man had mental health concerns. The disheveled and confused man refused to go to the hospital for fear of being admitted to the psych ward, but the officer convinced him by promising a shower without having to be admitted. He then expressed concern about the dirty underwear he had on, but Cochran told him that he

Nick Barker By Joe Johnson The civilian employee who oversaw crime analysis for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and also the agency’s Real Time Crime Center has been fired for misusing the county’s system of automated license plate readers. The termination of the civilian supervisor was announced today by ACCPD in the following release: On August 27, 2026, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department received a complaint from the ex-wife of an ACCPD employee alleging

The following were released by the Athena-Clarke County Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation: On May 12, 2026, at approximately 12:43 AM, Athens-Clarke County Police Officers responded to the 1000 block of Hull Road regarding a call about a disturbance involving a male with a gun. Initial call information indicated that more than one gunshot had been fired prior to the officers' arrival. At the scene, officers encountered a male subject who brandished a firea