To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract with Peregrine Technologies, Inc., to provide software capable of statistical analysis, reporting and collaboration with law enforcement and community partners using data integrated by combining disparate data sources, in an amount not to exceed $375,000 annually for the first 3 years, for the period of August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027, with an annual renewal options.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this request will result in $1,035,000 in contractual service expenditures over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by the Sheriff’s Office budgeted General Fund. Annual renewals after the initial 3-year period may have annual increases of no more than 5% in fees.
BACKGROUND:
The Office of the Sheriff utilizes numerous inter-agency and intra-agency data sources for patrol and custody operations management, crime prevention, investigations, data analysis, officer wellness/resilience, oversight reporting and responses to public records requests. The data and information are scattered throughout various collection platforms in systems hosted and controlled by the Office of the Sheriff, by third-party vendors, or both.
Often, there is a need to combine data, which becomes very challenging and time-consuming due to differing systems and non-uniform data formats. These data systems require the manual element from our employees to access, collect, compile and verify the data for operational response, analysis and accurate statistical reporting. The roadblock for our employees is that the systems don't "talk” to each other and it is difficult to correlate the data in meaningful and precise ways.
This product will provide a single point of access to view and analyze large-scale and real-time data from various sources to:
• Enhance situational awareness.
• Efficiently compile accurate statistical information and data.
• Augment agency operations and deliverables of services.
The Peregrine system breaks down silos and supports robust inter-agency and intra-agency collaboration and information sharing. It provides a single source to retrieve data from CAD, RMS, historical records, ATIMS, evidence, LPR, RIPA data, specific data streams from ARIES and more.
Peregrine Technologies, Inc. has demonstrated a solid satisfaction track record and many agencies in the county are already customers today. For those agencies, Peregrine software has been critical in several investigations and apprehensions.
The Peregrine Technologies, Inc. contract and proposed terms & conditions including a limitation of liability, are subject to approval by the County Administrator and approval as to form by County Counsel.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not approve, the Office of the Sheriff’s will be limited in its ability to amalgamate and interpret its data, and our responsibilities related to improving operations and community services will continue to present challenges due to the growing complexity of disparate systems. In addition, the general trend of migrating data to Cloud infrastructure will further present challenges as historical data may not interpret 1-1 in the new system.