The Durham City Council is at a standstill over a proposed $517,500 “mission control center” that police say could help solve crimes more quickly but that some residents fear could lead to racial profiling.
Peregrine Technologies, based in California, has software designed to improve investigations and case management. In Durham, the city would use its software to launch a Real-Time Crime Center that would dissolve data silos and speed-up investigations into violent crime.
However, during a City Council meeting Thursday, the proposal ignited a fierce debate…