Commercial and non-commercial "predictive" software products come (and go). But, software does not define the evolution of "predictive policing". Innovation in this arena is (or is going to be) how police use information from analytic outputs to inform decisions or take thoughtful action. Transparent and actionable information should be the commodity of predictive analytics - not the software itself. Key to the "new age" of policing (and an agency's desire to be "predictive") is the willingness of police officers at all levels to ask new questions, collect new data, and find value in the results. Outputs should inform decisions about where to police, but also about what to do when resources get there, and why. Understanding why is important for doing actions with intent. Predictive policing requires a "culture change" as much as, if not more than, a technological change. To my knowledge, Risk Terrain Modeling is the evidence-based diagnostic/forecasting method developed with this in mind. E.g., see ACTION: http://rtmtraining.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/2/0/26205659/actionplan.pdf
Comments are closed.
|
Archives
October 2017
Categories |