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Predictive policing isn't about predicting crimes. Like other trends before it, like "police psychics"[0], it's about manufacturing probable cause. It's a tool
by chimeracoder 3y ago
Predictive policing isn't about predicting crimes. Like other trends before it, like "police psychics"[0], it's about manufacturing probable cause.
It's a tool for police departments looking to meet their quotas and justify their ever-increasing budgets. Public safety is nowhere on the list of priorities.
[0] Yes, these are a thing, and they're actually more horrifying than you are probably imagining.
- ryandrake 3y agoSurprised I had to scroll this far down to find this. This is almost certainly the end-goal of this kind of software: To provide the police a reliable source of probable cause and reasonable suspicion when reality provides them none. Like a drug-sniffing dog trained to "alert" on command.