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Joliet officials hear pitch for Peregrine data‑integration tool for police
Summary
Deputy Chief Bolton presented a plan to adopt Peregrine Technologies, a platform he described as a single searchable index for Joliet’s police databases. Bolton said the project is budgeted in 2026 and requested council approval to proceed; council members asked for a demo and committee review before any vote.
Deputy Chief Bolton told the City of Joliet council that the police department is recommending Peregrine Technologies, a data‑integration platform, to index and search the department’s disparate systems.
Bolton said the platform would “sit on top of our existing databases and index them from one unified view,” allow officers to search report text and body‑cam transcripts, and “essentially act as a Google search for law enforcement.” He…
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