Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are at the forefront of a technological revolution that affects virtually every facet of society. From the voice of Siri or Alexa to autonomous self-driving cars, […]
Tag: Predicitive policing
Activists File Lawsuit Over LAPD’s Predictive Policing Program
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and stems from a May 2017 public records request that never yielded the information it sought. A coalition […]
New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City
The bill is believed to be the first in the country to push for open sourcing of the algorithms used by courts, police, and city agencies. New York City is […]
Study “Pro-active Policing
The argument over proactive policing can be politicized, but now the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is trying to make it more scientific. It has just released a comprehensive […]
Studies Show ‘Proactive Policing’ Works, But Social Cost Less Clear
Any American who pays attention to law enforcement has heard of the strategies: “broken windows,” “stop and frisk,” “zero tolerance.” These are all variations on what’s broadly known as “proactive […]
Case study of LAPD and Palantir’s predictive policing tool: same corruption; new, empirical respectability
UT Austin sociologist Sarah Brayne spent 2.5 years conducting field research with the LAPD as they rolled out Predpol, a software tool that is supposed to direct police to places […]