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Just for the record, in 2011 Santa Cruz was proud to be the first in the US to try predictive policing: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2011/01/14/crime-pred

Just for the record, in 2011 Santa Cruz was proud to be the first in the US to try predictive policing: https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2011/01/14/crime-predictions-to-guide-santa-cruz-police-agency-says-it-will-be-first-in-nation-to-try-santa-clara-university-model/ https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2011/01/14/crime-predictio... https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2020/06/20/santa-cruz-considers-first-move-at-police-reform/ https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2020/06/20/santa-cruz-cons...

zpallin 6y ago
So, it means Santa Cruz has a track record for being on the cutting edge of policing technology?
- okareaman 6y ago
  PredPol is headquartered there: "PredPol Inc, the Santa Cruz-headquartered firm that pioneered the technology, said that it supported the city resolution’s requirement that predictive policing “will not perpetuate bias”, among other criteria."
strbean 6y ago
And somehow in this small sleepy town, the same 2 blocks have consistently been the "you can always get heroine/meth/crack here" blocks for about 30 years, and they can't predict the need for a squad car parked there.
- tpmx 6y ago
  So, a) an incompetent or politically stymied police force b) predictive policing from prior crime data works
  - socalnate1 6y ago
    This was a very clever comment, and I don't think most folks understood it.
    - concordDance 6y ago
      Enlighten us?
      - tpmx 6y ago
        Me too? (I was just summarizing.)