“The police department in Santa Cruz, California, has begun an experiment that uses a mathematical algorithm to predict when and where certain crimes will be committed, and puts police on the scene before they happen. So far police have arrested five people using this technique of “predictive policing” and the rates of certain categories of crimes in the city have dropped significantly, perhaps as a result. The program has correctly predicted 40 percent of the crimes it was designed to monitor.” Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’ | TPM Idea Lab

“The police department in Santa Cruz, California, has begun an experiment that uses a mathematical algorithm to predict when and where certain crimes will be committed, and puts police on the scene before they happen. So far police have arrested five people using this technique of “predictive policing” and the rates of certain categories of crimes in the city have dropped significantly, perhaps as a result. The program has correctly predicted 40 percent of the crimes it was designed to monitor.”

Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’ | TPM Idea Lab

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  1. fairytalesinred reblogged this from warrenellis
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  3. spoonert reblogged this from warrenellis and added:
    That’s some Minority Report shit right there. (If it turns out Philip K. Dick could predict the future, I will be...
  4. nameychu reblogged this from mk1civilian and added:
    Huh.
  5. mk1civilian reblogged this from warrenellis and added:
    Filed under: Minority Report: (Via new-aesthetic)
  6. mariablaank reblogged this from kroosaficks
  7. kroosaficks reblogged this from kbutno and added:
    Man arrested for attempted murder: mathematical algorithm proves that he was going to eventually kill his wife.
  8. kbutno reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Next week’s headline: five people arrested for precrime.
  9. vedastone reblogged this from eneeli and added:
    MINORITY REPORT AHHHHHHHHHHH
  10. eneeli reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Or everyone might be scared shitless by how the police seems to be randomly arresting people and just laying low until...
  11. thrivingindystopia reblogged this from new-aesthetic and added:
    Well, uh, I won’t...any time this week then.
  12. jflee reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    hmmmm… i don’t know how constitutional a police response is before the crime was commited…
  13. astraldireparrot reblogged this from warrenellis
  14. shaunbwilson reblogged this from iamboz and added:
    Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’...“The police department in Santa...
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  20. ajasminewallflower reblogged this from korrasexual and added:
    Seriously? I live close by this town! I need to see this in action to believe it
  21. korrasexual reblogged this from najmetender
  22. jprofessor reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Minority Report, anyone?…or is that too cliched?
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  24. winstonta reblogged this from eastberlin and added:
    The justice and security grad school major in me is nodding and thinking this sounds cool. The cynic of the American...
  25. funnie reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    what kind of minority report shit is this?
  26. superslyskillzmcfly reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Futurama much?
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  29. claro3 reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    So, that’s interesting.
  30. suzilight reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Hmmm.. Predictive success or Waiting for the inevitable ?
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    Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’
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  33. mamitah reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    aaaaaaaargh!!!!! Minority report is coming alive! More on this issue, wich apparently is being rolled out worldwide:...
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