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Criminal

Apr. 11, 2019

Predictive policing spreads with mixed results

District attorneys in San Francisco and Contra Costa counties have already completed pilot programs using the technology to find convicts eligible for relief.

Predictive policing spreads with mixed results
Seattle Police officers at roll call are given printouts of data from PredPol, a predictive policing program also increasingly used in California. (New York Times News Service)

Algorithmic tools to predict crime before and after trial are being embraced by a number of law enforcement agencies throughout California despite mixed results.

"When you're asking to shift the criminal justice system and create reform, you really have to strategize about the working mechanisms to achieve those goals," said San Joaquin County District Attorney Victoria M. Salazar who, along with Los Angeles County District Attorney...

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