Paulding Sheriff seeks $146,000/year software subscription and accepts multiple safety grants and vehicle purchases
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Summary
Sheriff’s office asked the board to approve a three-year, $146,000-per-year subscription to Peregrine software as a precursor to a real-time crime center, requested purchase of vehicles funded by a HEAT grant, and described additional CJCC CHINS funding; the transcript records project descriptions and timelines but not recorded board votes.
Sheriff Michael Henson asked the Board of Commissioners to authorize several public-safety investments, including a three-year software subscription intended as a precursor to a real-time crime center, vehicle purchases tied to a traffic-enforcement grant, and a juvenile-services grant.
"Peregrine is actually the name of a bird... those falcons are known for their speed," Henson said as he introduced the software purchase. He described the Peregrine product as an "all encompassing way to collaborate with all of our different systems," including CAD (dispatch), RMS (report management), and JMS (jail management). Henson told commissioners the price is $146,000 per year for three years and that the cost is "locked in" for that period.
Jody Vaughn, a criminal analyst with the sheriff’s office, told the board that if approved "we could start working on implementing everything, getting it in place over the next couple of weeks" and that "within the next month or so, we could be up and going and have full access" with partner counties.
Commissioners asked whether county IT had vetted the product for cybersecurity. Henson said IT lead Mr. Lines and his team had reviewed the procurement and were "on board." Vaughn reiterated the implementation timeline.
Separately, the sheriff described a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (HEAT) grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The grant award discussed totaled $389,017.59 for fiscal 2026; Henson said it would fund three deputies, three patrol vehicles and require 5,760 enforcement hours and school outreach. He said a portion of that grant would cover the purchase of three Ford Explorers (PPVs) from Hardy Family Ford, with the cost cited at $144,555.
Henson also described the Criminal Justice Coordination Council (CJCC) CHINS grant for FY26, awarded to the county for $94,222 with no county match. Miss Myers said $70,540 of that would fund program services and $23,682 would fund coordinator salary and benefits. The county identified Family Alliance with Paulding as the choice provider for services.
The transcript records the sheriff’s presentations, funding amounts and implementation timelines; it does not record a formal board vote on the Peregrine subscription, HEAT grant acceptance or vehicle purchase during the work session.
