Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Better think twice before committing a crime – the Vancouver Police Department might already be on its way to apprehend you. This year the force will finish implementing a “predictive policing” tool that uses data to forecast the movement of crime and allows officers to deploy to hot spots based on when crime will likely occur, police Chief Jim Chu told city council Tuesday. The idea is the presence of police will reduce the amount of crime that actually happens, Chu said. It may sound like a gimmick from Minority Report (the futuristic Tom Cruise movie where psychics helped police arrest murderers before they killed), but the mapping tool installed on mobile computers in patrol cruisers is apparently quite effective. The tool is 60 to 70 per cent accurate within a 150-metre radius at one-hour intervals, Chu said. It displays what will happen in the next eight to 12 hours. The VPD started incorporating the technology in 2014, according to police board reports. It is incorporated into GeoDash, the mobile information system that lets officers check out locations of recent crimes without leaving their cars. The data is updated on a daily basis so it’s easy to spot trends in […]
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