Predicting crime, LAPD-style | Cities | theguardian.com - 0 views
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dr tech on 27 Jun 14"The algorithm at play is performing what's commonly referred to as predictive policing. Using years - and sometimes decades - worth of crime reports, the algorithm analyses the data to identify areas with high probabilities for certain types of crime, placing little red boxes on maps of the city that are streamed into patrol cars."