What are predictive policing programs?
Predictive policing uses computer systems to analyze large sets of data, including historical crime data, to help decide where to deploy police or to identify individuals who are purportedly more likely to commit or be a victim of a crime.
What states use PredPol?
In the United States, the practice of predictive policing has been implemented by police departments in several states such as California, Washington, South Carolina, Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee, New York, and Illinois.
What is PredPol algorithm?
PredPol uses a machine-learning algorithm to calculate its predictions. PredPol uses ONLY 3 data points – crime type, crime location, and crime date/time – to create its predictions. No personally identifiable information is ever used. No demographic, ethnic or socio-economic information is ever used.
Does LAPD Use PredPol?
In addition to running Operation Laser, LAPD contracted with PredPol, a company that grew out of a research project between LAPD and the UCLA professor Jeff Brantingham. PredPol applied an earthquake prediction model to crime.
When was PredPol created?
January 1, 2012
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How is predictive policing useful?
As discussed, predictive policing has two applications: the use of geographic arrest data to inform how police forces deploy officers, and the use of data about individuals gathered from the internet, such as social media accounts and CCTV footage, to predict the likelihood that an individual will commit a crime.
What are the goals of predictive policing?
Predictive policing is the application of analytical tech- niques to identify promising targets for police intervention, with the goal of reducing crime risk or solving past crimes.
What cities use predictive policing?
Other cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans, have rolled back their use of predictive policing, but no other city has gone as far as Santa Cruz and explicitly banned it, said Cagle, who is based in Northern California.
How does the Compas algorithm work?
COMPAS’s algorithm uses a variety of factors, including a defendant’s own responses to a lengthy questionnaire, to generate a recidivism-risk score between 1 and 10. In general terms, this is accomplished by comparing an individual’s attributes and qualities to those of known high-risk offenders.
Who uses PredPol?
As of 2020, PredPol’s algorithm is the most commonly used predictive policing algorithm in the U.S. Police departments that use PredPol are given printouts of jurisdiction maps that denote areas where crime has been predicted to occur throughout the day.