Charlottesville, Virginie (WVVir) – The Charlottesville police service no longer plans to use a new data technology system called Peregrine that the municipal council at the origin approved.
After the close decision to allocate $ 150,000 to the Charlottesville police to use Peregrine’s services, Chef Michael Kochis said that the members of the Council who were initially in favor began to express reserves on how the data could be used in the efforts to apply the immigration law.
“There is just a concern at the moment that the federal government could have access to such data,” Kochis said. “Understand that if the will of the advice is to no longer have this program, then we are not going to use it.”
29News asked Kochis to what extent it would have been likely that federal agencies have acquired this access to data stored with Peregrine.
“It is almost as likely as any other of our systems,” said Kochis. “So, I really don’t know. In the absence of a search warrant or a court order, I don’t know how they would have, but, you know, there was a fear there, so I understand.”
Charlottesville police also restricted access to images of herd cameras in Charlottesville.
“We are afraid that … law enforcement organizations in Virginia, there are 13 to be exact that signed the 287 program (G), which is a federal program which allows local jurisdiction to apply immigration, there is a concern that agencies that have an influx or access to the system could have access to ours,” Kochis said.
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