SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 21, 2026) — The Sacramento Police Department is modernizing its policing strategy by deploying Peregrine, FOX40 News reports.

As technology continues to evolve, agencies are finding new ways to equip officers with better context, faster access to information, and tools that improve decision-making across every level of policing. Peregrine is built to support exactly that.

Since deploying Peregrine, the Sacramento Police Department has seen:

• Centralized data integration: Fragmented data sources connected in one platform, giving officers access to the entirety of their data in one secure place.
• Faster response times: Officers describe Peregrine as a force multiplier that drastically reduces the time required to gather actionable information and accelerates real-time response to crime.
• More precise policing: Chief Bales explains that access to better information allows the department to conduct more targeted investigations, potentially reducing unnecessary stops and minimizing disruption to the public.
• Improved data protection and oversight: Detective Karl Chan and Public Information Officer Anthony Gamble note that Peregrine's permission-based access controls and auditability help ensure sensitive data is used appropriately, giving the agency clear visibility into who accessed information, when, and for what purpose.

While the department is adopting these AI-driven technologies, leadership emphasizes that Peregrine is not an automated decision-making tool. Rather, it surfaces contextually relevant information hidden in existing agency data so officers can make better decisions, faster.