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Honestly, why would you want police to have access to "a consumer purchase database"?
by ch4s3 10y ago
Honestly, why would you want police to have access to "a consumer purchase database"?
- Mathnerd314 10y agoBecause at some level, policing is about delivering a product (a policeman) to a consumer (a victim / criminal in a bad situation), so standard marketing tactics (market segmentation, revenue management, etc.) apply. Many other businesses have access to these databases and use them to beneficial effect; there's no reason police shouldn't jump onto the big data bandwagon too to increase customer satisfaction. See e.g. http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/10/uk-police-departments-do-customer-satisfaction-surveys/411445/ http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/10/uk-police-departments-d... http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/02/more-police-managed-more-effectively-really-can-reduce-crime/385390/ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/02/more-pol...