County record · South Carolina

Cherokee County

4 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

Gaffney · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Cherokee County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office received a total of $264966.16 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public Safety South Carolina Department of Public Safety South Carolina Department of Public Safety

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office operates two DJI drones as of 2017, 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 College www.goupstate.com

Blacksburg Police Department

Blacksburg · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Town of Blacksburg

Body-worn & dashcam

The Blacksburg Police Department received a total of $46855 in state funding for body-worn cameras in fiscal years 2018-2022.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): South Carolina Department of Public Safety South Carolina Department of Public Safety South Carolina Department of Public Safety

Gaffney Police Department

Gaffney · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Gaffney

Body-worn & dashcam

The Gaffney Police Department purchased body-worn cameras in 2016 with a $43,556 grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): The Berkeley Observer

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026