To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Peregrine Contract Amendment
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the District Attorney, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Peregrine Technologies, Inc., effective April 10, 2024, to modify the definition of consumer data and to remove the restriction of Peregrine’s access to only anonymized data, with no change to the payment limit or term ending November 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The contract amendment has no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
On November 29, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved the District Attorney’s Office to execute a contract with Peregrine Technologies, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $570,000 to provide a statistical software system for executive analysis and reporting to facilitate law enforcement planning and response, for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2025, with an option to extend for up to two additional years through November 30, 2027 at a cost of $190,000 per year. The existing contract restricts Peregrine’s access to only anonymized data and will not include any personal information (as defined under California Civil Code section 1798.29), or criminal justice information that would require Peregrine to comply with the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Policy.
On November 6, 2023, the District Attorney’s Office received final approval from the California Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the District Attorney’s application for the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) upgrade, which includes the implementation of both Karpel and Peregrine Cloud products. Due to the approval from DOJ, the existing contract with Peregrine needs to be amended to modify the definition of consumer data to remove the restriction of Peregrine’s access to only anonymized data and instead allow Peregrine access to the full data set. The contract is also modified to better define what must be destroyed upon termination/expiration of the agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Peregrine Technologies, Inc. will not be able to access the full data set and will be limited in its ability to support the District Attorney’s Office in its efforts to execute data analysis and reporting to facilitate law enforcement planning and response.