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I'm not sure I'm willing to make this argument yet, but I think there is at least something to stand on to say, "Yeah, but they can be too efficient." Perhaps,
by noahc 14y ago
I'm not sure I'm willing to make this argument yet, but I think there is at least something to stand on to say, "Yeah, but they can be too efficient."
Perhaps, not in the case of this example. But think about GPS tracking. Before if you wanted to follow someone around you usually had to dedicate at least 4 people 24/7 to watching them. Now, just use GPS and your good to go.
It's not so much about watching the good guys, but in my view it's about not having to make the choice to allocate resources. Is this person really worth taking 8 guys (4 per 12 hour shift) off of another case/patrol, etc to watch one person. That probably prevented a lot of abuse. Now, you slap a tracker on their car and come back in two weeks and pick it up and all the data is there.
- Retric 14y agoI think it might be reasonable argument. Suppose you have an upper class neighborhood that tends to collect a lot of noise complaints on the weekend. In theory sending a cop there might make an algorithm that's trying to minimize response times happy, but the reason cops tend to be stationed else-ware is to better respond to serious crimes because the station is 2 minutes away in case of a serious issues so there are better places to send cops to cover a full county. Sort of how a lot of algorithms made bad risk assessments because they had a poor understanding of what happens during a significant downturn in the housing market.
- csharpminor 14y agoThis something that I've been grappling with because it's tremendously difficult to discuss on the policy side of the police system. It's really difficult to make the argument that justice is attained more frequently when there are inefficiencies within the police system, especially when local, state, and federal governments are looking to cut costs.