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Oro Valley council authorizes state-funded law-enforcement records tool to boost investigations and officer safety
Summary
Council approved an intergovernmental agreement to implement a state-funded law-enforcement records-management and analytics tool (referred to as Peregrine/Paragon) intended to improve investigative links across jurisdictions and to enhance officer safety; staff said the rollout is supported by a one-year grant award.
The Oro Valley Town Council on Jan. 14 authorized the Oro Valley Police Department to enter an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Administration to implement a records-management and analytics tool meant to improve investigative information sharing.
Support Services Division Commander Mike Gracie told the council the department currently uses Spillman for RMS/CAD but lacks seamless visibility into some regional data, creating investigative blind spots when agencies do not share the same system. Gracie said the proposed system connects multiple law-enforcement databases, makes links across jurisdictions and was tested in Pinal County under a legislative pilot.
Lieutenant Weston Barkley said the system also increases officer safety by exposing field officers to contacts and prior incidents (for example, prior assaults on officers or weapons-related histories) that may otherwise be invisible when an agency uses a different RMS.
Gracie said grant funding from the Arizona Department of Administration would cover installation for an initial one-year award and stressed that the system is CJIS-compliant and would not distribute information beyond existing, authorized data-sharing rules. Councilmember Green moved adoption of Resolution R26-03 authorizing the chief of police to execute the IGA and related actions; the motion was seconded and approved by council.
Council did not expand the program’s scope beyond the intergovernmental agreement; staff noted continued oversight and the potential need for future decisions if the town were to continue the system beyond grant funding.
