diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/ReportedPhotos.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/ReportedPhotos.tsx
index 8766b0a..a02f1b0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/ReportedPhotos.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/ReportedPhotos.tsx
@@ -86,16 +86,36 @@ export default function ReportedPhotos() {
       return
     }
 
-    if (
-      !confirm(
-        `Submit ${decisionsList.length} decision(s)?\n\nThis will ${
-          decisionsList.filter((d) => d.decision === 'remove').length
-        } remove photo(s) and ${
-          decisionsList.filter((d) => d.decision === 'keep').length
-        } keep photo(s).`
-      )
-    ) {
-      return
+    // Check if there are any 'remove' decisions
+    const removeDecisions = decisionsList.filter((d) => d.decision === 'remove')
+    const keepDecisions = decisionsList.filter((d) => d.decision === 'keep')
+
+    // Show specific confirmation for removal
+    if (removeDecisions.length > 0) {
+      const removeCount = removeDecisions.length
+      const photoDetails = removeDecisions
+        .map((d) => {
+          const reported = reportedPhotos.find((p) => p.id === d.id)
+          return reported?.photo_filename || `Photo #${reported?.photo_id || d.id}`
+        })
+        .join('\n  - ')
+
+      const confirmMessage = `⚠️ WARNING: You are about to PERMANENTLY REMOVE ${removeCount} photo(s):\n\n  - ${photoDetails}\n\nThis will:\n  • Delete the photo(s) from the database\n  • Delete all faces detected in the photo(s)\n  • Delete all encodings related to those faces\n\nThis action CANNOT be undone!\n\nAre you sure you want to proceed?`
+
+      if (!confirm(confirmMessage)) {
+        return
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Show general confirmation if there are also 'keep' decisions
+    if (keepDecisions.length > 0) {
+      const confirmMessage = `Submit ${decisionsList.length} decision(s)?\n\nThis will ${
+        removeDecisions.length
+      } remove photo(s) and ${keepDecisions.length} keep photo(s).`
+
+      if (!confirm(confirmMessage)) {
+        return
+      }
     }
 
     setSubmitting(true)
@@ -220,6 +240,7 @@ export default function ReportedPhotos() {
                     {reportedPhotos.map((reported) => {
                       const isReviewed = reported.status === 'reviewed'
                       const isDismissed = reported.status === 'dismissed'
+                      const canMakeDecision = !isDismissed && (reported.status === 'pending' || reported.status === 'reviewed')
                       return (
                         <tr
                           key={reported.id}
@@ -292,30 +313,34 @@ export default function ReportedPhotos() {
                             </span>
                           </td>
                           <td className="px-6 py-4 whitespace-nowrap">
-                            <div className="flex items-center gap-4">
-                              <label className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer">
-                                <input
-                                  type="radio"
-                                  name={`decision-${reported.id}`}
-                                  value="keep"
-                                  checked={decisions[reported.id] === 'keep'}
-                                  onChange={() => handleDecisionChange(reported.id, 'keep')}
-                                  className="w-4 h-4 text-green-600 focus:ring-green-500"
-                                />
-                                <span className="text-sm text-gray-700">Keep</span>
-                              </label>
-                              <label className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer">
-                                <input
-                                  type="radio"
-                                  name={`decision-${reported.id}`}
-                                  value="remove"
-                                  checked={decisions[reported.id] === 'remove'}
-                                  onChange={() => handleDecisionChange(reported.id, 'remove')}
-                                  className="w-4 h-4 text-red-600 focus:ring-red-500"
-                                />
-                                <span className="text-sm text-gray-700">Remove</span>
-                              </label>
-                            </div>
+                            {canMakeDecision ? (
+                              <div className="flex items-center gap-4">
+                                <label className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer">
+                                  <input
+                                    type="radio"
+                                    name={`decision-${reported.id}`}
+                                    value="keep"
+                                    checked={decisions[reported.id] === 'keep'}
+                                    onChange={() => handleDecisionChange(reported.id, 'keep')}
+                                    className="w-4 h-4 text-green-600 focus:ring-green-500"
+                                  />
+                                  <span className="text-sm text-gray-700">Keep</span>
+                                </label>
+                                <label className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer">
+                                  <input
+                                    type="radio"
+                                    name={`decision-${reported.id}`}
+                                    value="remove"
+                                    checked={decisions[reported.id] === 'remove'}
+                                    onChange={() => handleDecisionChange(reported.id, 'remove')}
+                                    className="w-4 h-4 text-red-600 focus:ring-red-500"
+                                  />
+                                  <span className="text-sm text-gray-700">Remove</span>
+                                </label>
+                              </div>
+                            ) : (
+                              <span className="text-sm text-gray-500 italic">-</span>
+                            )}
                           </td>
                           <td className="px-6 py-4">
                             {isReviewed || isDismissed ? (
diff --git a/src/web/api/reported_photos.py b/src/web/api/reported_photos.py
index 73e9fc1..7955f82 100644
--- a/src/web/api/reported_photos.py
+++ b/src/web/api/reported_photos.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import text
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from src.web.db.session import get_auth_db, get_db
-from src.web.db.models import Photo
+from src.web.db.models import Photo, PhotoTagLinkage
 from src.web.api.users import get_current_admin_user
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/reported-photos", tags=["reported-photos"])
@@ -224,14 +224,19 @@ def review_reported_photos(
                     kept_count += 1  # Count as kept since we couldn't remove it
                     continue
                 
-                # Delete the photo (cascade will delete faces, tags, etc.)
+                # Delete tag linkages for this photo
+                main_db.query(PhotoTagLinkage).filter(
+                    PhotoTagLinkage.photo_id == photo.id
+                ).delete(synchronize_session=False)
+                
+                # Delete the photo (cascade will delete faces, etc.)
                 main_db.delete(photo)
                 main_db.commit()
                 
-                # Update status in auth database
+                # Update status in auth database to dismissed
                 auth_db.execute(text("""
                     UPDATE inappropriate_photo_reports
-                    SET status = 'reviewed',
+                    SET status = 'dismissed',
                         reviewed_at = :reviewed_at,
                         reviewed_by = :reviewed_by,
                         review_notes = :review_notes