“Predictive policing” has an enticing ring to it. The idea is that you feed a bunch of data into a mysterious algorithm, and poof, out comes intelligence about the future that tells police where the ...

This is Episode 12 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv. There’s a new kind of software that claims to help law ...

Say the words “predictive policing” to most people and the response you frequently get is: “You mean like Minority Report?”. Britain’s police forces do not yet have access to psychics that can predict ...

IT’S not quite Minority Report but it’s getting there! An academic from Essex University has spent three years evaluating “predictive policing” software in Italy, which he says can reduce crime rates ...

Crime in Kent increased despite the introduction of a new police computer system designed to predict where it was likely to happen, a report has found. Some officers did not understand how the ...

Predictive policing systems can forecast when and where crimes occur using based on prior crime reports and other data. Palantir Technologies has licensed its predictive policing software with local ...

The new crime-fighting weapon of choice for a growing number of police forces around the world isn't a gun, a taser or pepper spray - it's data. But can computer algorithms really help reduce crime?

Sergent Coleman of the LAPD checks in with Jamie Bromley in her homeless encampment in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles (Patrick Fallon) The latest headlines from our reporters across the US ...