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Cherokee County approves Canton police access to county intelligence platform; county requires firearms data be excluded

5777525 · September 16, 2025
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Summary

The board approved an intergovernmental agreement to let the City of Canton Police use the county—s intelligence-as-a-service software, with a condition that data on weapons-carry licensees/applicants be excluded to comply with state law.

The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners approved an intergovernmental agreement Sept. 16 allowing the City of Canton Police Department to use the county—s law-enforcement intelligence-as-a-service (IaaS) software platform. The county required that records of persons who have applied for or been issued weapons-carry licenses be excluded from the shared dataset.

Under a motion by Commissioner Wetherbee, seconded by Commissioner…

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