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LAPD to scrap some crime data programs after criticism By Mark Puente Apr 05, 2019
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Motherboard examines predictive policing
Two articles, the first I missed is quite lengthy and very critical....
Predictive policing in the UK: a puiblic exchange of views
Predictive policing is getting rather than more media coverage in the UK, just why and now is unclear.
Much of the criticism concerns the use of AI in decision-making, even down to "hot spots"...
A UK police force is dropping tricky cases on advice of an algorithm
A short article and the sub-title is: A UK police force uses an algorithm to choose which crimes to investigate. It has led to half as many assaults and public order offences being pursued.
It...
The UK way ahead: National Data Analytics Solution
I have heard hints about a large Home Office (central government) project worth £15m on 'big data' and it is actually run locally. So started a look around and found the project is National Data...
How Will Big Data Affect Policing?
A podcast (33 mns) via WNYC with:Link:https://www.wnyc.org/story/data-driven-policing/
Part of his argument is that this approach has grown out of Compstat.
Big Data and Policing - in the UK
Recently RUSI, a Whitehall "think tank" published a report 'Big Data and Policing: An Assessment of Law Enforcement Requirements, Expectations and Priorities', with 54 pgs. and there is a...
Dangerous "snake oil" product on offer?
More "cold water" on predictive policing:Link:https://mic.com/articles/156286/crime-prediction-tool-pred-pol-only-amplifies-racially-biased-policing-study-shows#.3IhFXDIIh
The cited journal...
Thanks, America! How China’s Newest Software Could Predict, Track, and Crush Dissent
In a somewhat strange IMHO article 'Defence One' has an article on how China is exploiting fusion and the new capacity of IT to predict dissent, if not...
Beware of threat ‘scores'
Now The Atlantic weighs in with a long article and concludes that Fresno PD's use of 'Beware' is:...
Calculating your threat ‘score’
A better explanation was found in WaPo, thanks to a "lurker" and is based on Fresno PD, California and the full title is 'The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat...
US police departments calculate 'threat scores'
A short article and no links that explain more alas:...
Does it work? Kansas City tries, Memphis did
A short NYT article reviews the situation, with a focus on Kansas City, but these two paragraphs struck me - is this option really working?
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Does prediction work?
The (US) NIJ has commissioned a RAND study and the linked piece quickly summarises the position, form a critical viewpoint:http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/predictive-policing-crime-stats-data-measure
Found this JHU author's paper whilst looking for...
Found this JHU author's paper whilst looking for something else, on a quick skim read it is a useful summary, but I still have my doubts over this approach.
Link:
How Facebook could get you arrested
A lengthy article in The Guardian, sub-titled:
He starts with:
Link no longer works due to copyright and a search on Evgeny Morozov, the author's blog failed.
The author correctly draws...
Predictive Policing appears in London
The "think tank" Policy Exchange, who have considerable impact on UK government policies, have a seminar next week on 'Pre-Crime and Predictive Policing'.
From the...
Prediction or Analysis?
I have watched the developing debate around attempts to predict for a long time, which has become part of the so-called intelligence-led policing model and can be cited as a gain from using analysis...