The Durham Police Department is asking the Durham City Council to approve a $500,000 contract with a tech firm called Peregrine Technologies to create a real-time digital crime center.
Why it matters: The goal of the contract would be to combine all of the police department’s real-time data in one place, with the hopes of reducing the amount of time to solve crimes.
- However, the ask comes at a time when scrutiny of police-technology partnerships is increasing.
Between the lines: The Durham City Council has, in recent years, debated the merits of using technology to improve response times to crimes like shootings, even briefly piloting…..