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An Ordinance approving the purchase of Peregrine, a secure cloud-based, CJIS-compliant data analytics platform from Carasoft Technology Corporation, for an amount not to exceed $938,124.00. (F&BC 10/5/26)
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance approving the purchase of Peregrine a secure, cloud-based, CJIS -compliant data analytics platform, from Carasoft Technology Corporation for an amount not to exceed $938,124 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City.
Key Issues:
The Police Department is seeking authorization to purchase Peregrine, a secure, cloud-based public safety data analytics platform designed to support the developing Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC). Currently, the Department manages vast amounts of public safety information across various independent systems, each serving important functions but complicating the relationship between information due to the need for extensive manual review. This can hinder the timely development of actionable intelligence.
Peregrine aims to integrate and normalize this information from existing public safety systems, which include Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management (RMS), Jail Management (JMS), License Plate Recognition (LPR), Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), Automatic Location Identification (ALI), ArcGIS, and metadata from body-worn and in-car cameras. By creating a unified analytical environment, authorized personnel will be able to efficiently search and analyze data across these systems. This will facilitate the identification of relationships among persons, vehicles, property, locations, and crime patterns.
The platform will feature advanced analytical capabilities, including cross-dataset searching, crime-pattern and hotspot identification, link and timeline analysis, interactive mapping and dashboards, watchlist monitoring, operational alerting, and automated reporting. The implementation of Peregrine aligns with the City's investment in enhancing the Police Department's data-driven policing and Real-Time Crime Center capabilities. Notably, the funding for this purchase was previously identified and approved as part of the City's budget, meaning this request seeks only authorization to allocate the previously approved funds for the purchase of this data analytics platform.
To acquire a solution, RFP #2026-063 was released. Six (6) firms responded to the solicitation:
Ankobia
Carasoft
Concourse
Flock
Forcemetrics
Ventruit
Proposals were reviewed by a committee of six, including staff from the Police Department and Information Technology Services. After proposal review, and subsequent presentations and interviews, Carasoft Technology Corporation, was selected as the firm providing the best product once we considered how well the solution met necessary technical aspects, met desired features and functionality, along with cost and pricing requirements.
The agreement will be for 1 year and automatically renew for up to four (4) successive, one-year terms.
Proposed City Council Motion:
FIRST MOTION: I move for second reading of an Ordinance approving the purchase of Peregrine a secure, cloud-based, CJIS -compliant data analytics platform, from Carasoft Technology Corporation for an amount not to exceed $938,124 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City.
SECOND MOTION: I move for adoption of an Ordinance approving the purchase of Peregrine a secure, cloud-based, CJIS -compliant data analytics platform, from Carasoft Technology Corporation for an amount not to exceed $938,124 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City.
Background:
The Police Department is establishing a Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) to enhance its utilization of existing technology and information. This initiative aims to improve patrol operations, criminal investigations, crime analysis, and the proactive prevention of violent crime. Currently, critical public safety information is spread across various independent databases, making it challenging for personnel to connect relevant records efficiently.
The Peregrine platform will serve as a centralized analytical tool, integrating current data without replacing the Department's existing technology investments. It will enable authorized users, such as crime analysts and investigators, to conduct comprehensive searches across multiple datasets, employing tools for link and timeline analysis, crime-pattern identification, interactive mapping, operational alerts, and automated reporting.
These capabilities are vital in the Kansas City metropolitan area, where criminal activities often transcend jurisdictional lines. The ability to swiftly recognize relationships among individuals, vehicles, locations, and incidents will provide law enforcement with actionable insights earlier in investigations, linking seemingly unrelated events to broader criminal trends, such as property crimes that may lead to serious offenses.
Peregrine will transform existing public safety data into actionable intelligence, facilitating informed deployment of resources, enhancing criminal investigations, and improving regional crime control. It will adhere to the Department's access policies, ensuring that data usage is limited to authorized personnel and compliant with applicable security and law enforcement regulations. Ultimately, this initiative aims to enable a proactive approach to crime intervention, moving beyond reactive strategies.
Impact/Analysis:
If the City does not authorize the purchase of the Peregrine software platform:
• Existing public safety information will remain fragmented across multiple systems, requiring manual reviews for relationship identification.
• The Department's ability to rapidly produce actionable intelligence will be hindered, delaying the identification of crime patterns and threats.
• The City will not optimize its current technology investments, as Peregrine aims to integrate existing systems for better functionality.
• The capacity and development of the Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) will be diminished, impacting timely information provision for patrol and investigations.
• Proactive, data-informed policing opportunities will decrease, leading to increased reliance on manual analysis post-incident.
• The Department will miss the chance to effectively utilize both existing technology and personnel resources in developing data-driven policing capabilities.
Presenter
Nicole Walters, Police Major
Lora Seabolt, IT Operations Manager
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