Police data platform (Peregrine) privacy concerns
Summary
The council renewed a three-year, $350,000 Peregrine license for police data analytics. Opponents called it a surveillance tool with Palantir ties, saying data is retained in perpetuity and auto-renews without council authorization; the department says it only queries the city's own CJIS-compliant data.
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
Costs the city up to $350,000 over three years, while a speaker noted the library will close Mondays for lack of about $100,000.
Police investigators, the DA's office, and crime analysts who get faster case data — and residents via faster investigations.
Opponents say residents' privacy and civil liberties are at risk from AI-assisted data aggregation.
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