Photo above provided by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office: Major Jacob Huval, Sheriff Craig D. Owens Sr., Chief Deputy Rhonda W. Anderson and Greg Piper, spokesperson for GUARDIAN RFID, participate in a media Q&A during an Oct. 28 press conference highlighting new safety-check technology at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.
The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office is replacing paper logs at the Adult Detention Center with a digital system designed to track inmate safety checks, interactions and medical visits in real time, according to an announcement from the Sheriff’s Office.
Detention staff will use GUARDIAN RFID’s SPARTAN handheld devices to record their activities. Digital timers and automated alerts will flag late or missed checks, creating an electronic record for supervisors to review.
“After seeing GUARDIAN RFID in action at other sheriff’s offices, we knew it could help us streamline our detention center operations,” Sheriff Craig Owens said. “Their technology gives us an independently verified record that deputies are doing their jobs correctly, provides our detention leadership with real-time insights, and improves public trust.”
The system includes a Special Status tracking feature intended to help staff monitor at-risk inmates and respond more quickly during mental health crises, according to the announcement.
GUARDIAN RFID’s Command Cloud platform will integrate with the detention center’s existing ViaPath Jail Management System. The company says detention centers using Command Cloud have achieved safety-check compliance rates of 99%.
“Our partnership with Sheriff Owens is about modernizing Cobb County’s jail operations by moving away from high-risk manual processes,” said Daniel Quam, senior director of product at GUARDIAN RFID. “By replacing outdated inmate tracking methods with Command Cloud, we are eliminating redundant data entry and administrative bottlenecks.”
According to the announcement, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office is the first sheriff’s office in metro Atlanta to use GUARDIAN RFID.
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