Author: Reply All; Publisher: Gimlet; Publication Year: 2018. The following podcast episodes focus on how police departments’ usage of CompStat went awry. CompStat was introduced by Jack Maple, a NYC transit cop, in the early 90s as a way to track crimes, and to see who was committing them. Very quickly, the system was abused by officers who wanted to meet quotas and make their neighborhoods look safe…
Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following resource is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how unethical and plain incorrect use of machine learning can severely impact underrepresented individuals. In the article, the author describes various ways law enforcement agencies use predictive modeling to improve the efficiency of policing, including controversial face…
Author: Johana Bhuiyan; Publisher: The Guardian; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how since the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), cities have been incorporating the use of AI to stop potential crimes. One strategy being used is predictive policing. Predictive Policing is the use of algorithms to analyze crime information to predict and prevent future crimes. Los Angeles, California, adopted predictive…