County record · Georgia
Cherokee County
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Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office received a $518,788 Community Public Safety Grant in 2023, which the agency planned to use for Flock Safety automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): State of GeorgiaCherokee Tribune & Ledger-News
The Cherokee Sheriff's Office maintains a camera registry via Axon's Fusus camera registry system.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): AxonCherokee County Sheriff's Office
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office operates two DJI drones as of 2016, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegeregistry.faa.govwww.goupstate.com
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office began building a real-time information center in 2025.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Cherokee County Sheriff
Canton Police Department
The Canton City Council approved a police proposal to install automated license plate readers in 2019. The agency also has ALPRs mounted on four patrol cars.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): AJC
The Canton Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras after first implementing a BWC program in 2016.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Canton Police Department FacebookCity of Canton
Woodstock Police Department
As of April 2024, the Woodstock Police Department operates seven Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Flock SafetyThe News & ObserverThe News & Observer
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $60,000 to the Woodstock Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice
Ball Ground Police Department
The Ball Ground Police Department scanned 175,506 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): MuckRock
Cherokee County Sheriff's Department
As of 2017, some staff at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center wore body-worn cameras.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Prison Rape Elimination Act Audit
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026