Peregrine 101: How unified data helps investigators solve crimes faster
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January 3, 2023
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June 10, 2026
Author
Staff
Peregrine
Published
January 3, 2023
Last Updated
June 10, 2026
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KEY IDEAS:
- Law enforcement investigators need complete, current, and contextualized information to identify leads and solve cases.
- When data is siloed, investigators may only see a fragmented view of people, incidents, vehicles, evidence, and related records.
- Data integration helps agencies unify internal and external data sources so investigators can quickly connect critical information.
- With Peregrine, investigators can search across unified data in a single platform, helping them identify leads faster and move cases forward.
One of the primary responsibilities of law enforcement agencies is to solve and prevent crimes. Gallup reports that as of 2026, 68% of Americans worry about crime and violence at least a fair amount, with 39% — the largest share of those polled — saying they worry about it “a great deal.”
We all deserve to feel safe. But law enforcement agencies face an immense challenge when it comes to conducting investigations and formulating crime prevention strategies: They need the right data, fast.
Agencies leverage data from multiple sources, such as body-worn cameras, computer-aided dispatch systems, and arrest databases, to facilitate connection and understanding within their departments. Increasingly, law enforcement agencies are looking for digital solutions that help them manage information and connect the dots more easily.
When it comes to efficient data management solutions, Peregrine is the answer.
Peregrine is the only data management solution built specifically for law enforcement agencies. It gives law enforcement organizations the ability to access data points from previously siloed sources in one centralized platform, helping investigators find the context and connections they need to solve cases, identify trends, and report on internal metrics.
🔎 WHAT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA MANAGEMENT?
Law enforcement data management is the process of organizing, connecting, and securing information from systems such as:
- Computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems
- Records management systems (RMS)
- Evidence management systems
- Body-worn cameras
- Video
- Warrants
- Other authorized sources
Better data management helps investigators find context, connect leads, and act on timely information.
To effectively solve crimes, investigators need context and information quickly. The reason the first 48 hours matter so much, why every second counts, is because relevant context dissipates with every passing minute. Data shows that persistence and manpower investigating a crime matter, too.
In order to gain context and solve crimes, detectives must tenaciously and relentlessly sift through massive amounts of information, like people, places, events, and documents.
Typically, that information is siloed across dozens of disparate systems, like evidence and record management systems, body camera footage, and a multitude of public and private video systems the department is authorized to access — to name a few. Some pertinent information may be in unwieldy PDFs or handwritten notes. Other helpful data may be in sources that aren’t obvious, like a record of a traffic incident.
And even when detectives can access information, it’s static, not real-time information — so any data that should be dynamic, like a criminal record, might have information missing depending on when the data is accessed.
Stale, disconnected data makes modern investigations challenging and onerous, making data management solutions imperative in equipping investigators with the information they need, when they need it, to solve crimes faster.
🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: Investigators need fast access to complete, current information. When data is siloed, static, or difficult to find, detectives may lose valuable time connecting people, places, events, vehicles, and evidence.
Peregrine’s data management platform enables detectives to seamlessly and quickly access all of a department’s data — like criminal records, dispatch information, case management systems, videos from body cameras, evidence, and more — in one platform. Detectives can access real-time data in Peregrine and find real-world links to solve crimes.
We help detectives quickly link real-world data by using our proprietary, in-built heuristics. This allows us to automatically connect data points from different sources, giving officers a richer perspective on a case and providing them with more up-to-date information as new connections are revealed.
💡 EXAMPLE: CONNECTING VEHICLE DATA TO INVESTIGATIVE LEADS
Peregrine can help investigators analyze BOLO and automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system data to correlate people and vehicles involved. Via Peregrine’s heuristics, investigators can access more in-depth information about the people and vehicles to help them quickly build an understanding of the scene and its participants.
In addition, our data management platform can enable officers to quickly port data from different siloed systems (i.e. police reports, warrants, and police databases) to build a bigger picture of the case. This helps officers more quickly and effectively pinpoint perpetrators and their possible associates.
With Peregrine’s data management solution, investigators can do their jobs with conviction, accessing all the information they need at their fingertips to formulate better hypotheses, get answers precisely and quickly, and ultimately find the insights and connections they need to solve a case.
Investigations rarely fit neatly within one system or jurisdiction. To build a complete picture, investigators often need to connect internal case information with external sources and partner agency data.
Peregrine can also integrate information from external sources such as Google Maps, as well as other federal, state, and local agencies like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). With real-time access to internal and external sources, investigators always have all the data they need.
Peregrine’s platform and universal search capabilities enable investigators to form better hypotheses by asking better questions of their data. Because all sources of information are in one place, investigators get more complete answers to their initial questions, jumpstarting the investigative process:
🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: Peregrine allows investigators to search across unified internal and external data sources, understand broader context, and surface previously unseen connections to solve cases faster.
READ MORE → How the Concord Police Department Uses Real-Time Data To Solve Cross-Jurisdictional Crime
Leveraging real-time data can also inform better approaches to policing, which can help to prevent and mitigate crimes.
Peregrine enables department leadership to better and more quickly identify crime trends and involved persons by surfacing links between real-time data. When decision-makers are equipped with a deeper understanding of crime trends and data on the root causes of crimes, crime prevention efforts will be more successful.
Data management solutions can be configured to include information and perspectives from crime analysts, investigators, and patrol officers. Law enforcement agencies can be empowered to work with social service organizations and their community to collaborate on the best approaches for making a positive impact, using the trend data from Peregrine as a foundation for the best decisions.
🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: The same connected data that helps investigators solve individual cases can also help agency leaders identify crime trends, understand involved persons, and develop more informed prevention strategies.
Whether it’s solving an individual crime or cultivating better strategies to fight crime across your community, Peregrine can help. Get in touch today.
Edward Medrano is currently the President of a private consulting firm and provides his experience and insight to help improve security, operations, and efficiency in government agencies. Ed also currently serves as the Interim Director of Safety and Security for the Los Angeles Community College District.
Ed has previously served the Attorney General as the Chief of the Division of Law Enforcement (DLE) for the CA Department of Justice. As DLE-Chief, he was responsible for the Division’s four bureaus—Investigations, Gambling, Firearms, and Forensics.
Before his DOJ position, Edward had over thirty years of Public Service, including eleven years as a Police Chief and two years as a City Manager. Chief Medrano has served as the President of both the California Police Chiefs Association and The Los Angeles County Police Chief’s Association. Ed has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern CA (USC) at the Sol Price School of Public Policy and as an instructor in the California Police Chief’s Association’s Role of the Police Chief course for the last five years.
Unified data helps investigators search across connected information from internal and external sources in one platform. Instead of manually checking separate systems for records, dispatch information, evidence, videos, vehicles, warrants, or related incidents, investigators can more quickly identify connections and understand the broader context around a case.
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