{"id":252346,"date":"2023-10-03T09:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=308831"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:04:59","slug":"what-happens-when-police-crime-avoidance-software-doesnt-prevent-any-crime-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/what-happens-when-police-crime-avoidance-software-doesnt-prevent-any-crime-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when the police software designed to prevent crimes\u2026 doesn’t prevent any crimes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Predictive policing, the trendy field in law enforcement that utilizes data collection and analysis to try to predict where crimes will occur, has been very popular among police departments in the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, this technology has not always been proven to work well. In fact, a new study, published this week, seems to suggest that, in at least one case. It’s been a total waste of time… and money<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new joint investigation<\/a> by The Markup and Wired shows that, for the city of Plainfield, New Jersey, predictive policing has been a gigantic and expensive mess, producing almost no useful results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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