Florida expands AI policing for immigration enforcement; politically connected firm wins contracts
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Jeffrey Schweers
Summary
Florida is expanding the use of AI-powered policing tools to help local law enforcement track immigrants, with Peregrine Technologies — a San Francisco firm whose lobbyists have close ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis — securing most of the contracts from the Republican-led state. The company's software platform integrates surveillance and law enforcement data into a single app, and language quietly inserted into the state budget appears to steer business toward Peregrine. The article raises concerns about the political connections behind the contracts, the expansion of AI surveillance, and the lack of public transparency or debate around these decisions.
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· 3 pulledPeregrine Technologies of San Francisco, whose lobbyists have close ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis, has an agreement with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to provide a software platform that pulls from a vast array of surveillance and law enforcement data sources and integrates them into one easy-to-use app.
Language quietly slipped into the state budget appears to steer at least some of that business to Peregrine.
Florida is expanding the role of artificial intelligence to help local police track down immigrants, and one well-connected technology firm is getting most of that business from the Republican-run state.
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