Big Brother's Next Algorithm
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:44 am
“We are seeing a tipping point—they are out there preventing the crime. The suspect is showing up in the area where he likes to go. They see black-and-white [police cruisers] talking to citizens – and that’s enough to disrupt the activity.”
Ha! Predpol indeed. That's a good a name as any, I suppose. Here's another one: Profiling
Don't get me wrong, I support profiling. Because, like this cop programming, it tends to work efficiently.
Alls it's gonna take is for the American Commie Liberties Union to show that officers are being dispatched disproportionately to minority neighborhoods...y'know, where crime mostly occurs...and some bleeding-heart Circuit judge will bring the curtain down.
(edit to charge my android)...
Really the only thing new here is the implementation of software to tell you what you already know. Cop on the Beat, right? Nothing fancy about that.
If you put a black & white on Corner A through the midnight to noon shift you will see a 98%+ reduction in serious crime...on that corner. Dope and prostitution and violence move down the block. It's Whack-a-Mole policing. Watch season 3 of The Wire.