Police play the odds in tracking crime: Real Time Prediction Software Aids Investigations By Larry Barszewski | Article Courtesy of: Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE — It may not be a crystal ball, but police are testing a new system that more accurately predicts the likelihood of crime in your neighborhood. The effort, called predictive policing, relies on computer software that analyzes information police have used for years, along with other data they may have never used before. It can all be done in real time, quickly putting the information at the fingertips of police, possibly finding correlations they didn't know existed. A better name might be "probability policing," … [Read more...]
