Predictive Policing aka Hotspot Analysis

[explcdt8]

What do you think of this, a good idea or not?

Santa Cruz Predictive Policing Among 50 Best Inventions of 2011 - Technology News Story - KSBW The Central Coast

Personally, I was under the belief, from almost every officer that I have known, that police officers should know their beat well enough that they wouldn't need a computer to tell them how to patrol.

[BP348]

There are several different Criminology theries that do the same thing so this is nothing new. If you think about it it really doesn't take a lot of computing power to plot crime areas from the last several years and then say "X" spot is a likely area for robberies or thefts. The computer model will show you the most probable areas and all you have to do is assign extra manpower to those areas and you'll see an instant decrease in crime.

[steelcityk9cop]

As a shift supervisor, part of my job is to find out what the crime patterns are for my shift. On my shift (midnight) our primary focus is the prevention or detection of business burglaries. It's easy to focus our activities where the problems are. Yearly statistics are great but crime patterns change all the time. A burglary crew or a crew breaking into cars often work in patterns.... our guys are good at figuring them out