Sonia Moran has been pleasantly surprised by the increased police patrols in her Pacoima neighborhood lately. She may be noticing the results of a new approach at preventative law enforcement ...being ...

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 ...

New artificial intelligence systems are reshaping how police operate, offering efficiency gains while sparking debate among legal and ethics experts.

Data like this seven-day crime map from Oakland, Calif., feeds AI-enabled predictive policing. (City of Oakland via CrimeMapping.com) The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian ...

Data like this seven-day crime map from Oakland, Calif., feeds predictive policing AIs. The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit was ...

“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 ...

Have you heard of “predictive policing”? The idea that big data can help law enforcement agencies to stop crime before it happens is a recent point of discussion in both criminology thought groups and ...

Despite fears of surveillance state activities reminiscent of dark sci-fi stories, police hope predictive analytics developments will help them to manage tight budgets and resources, including to ...

Predictive policing technologies infringe human rights “at their heart” and should be prohibited in the UK, argues Green MP Siân Berry, after tabling an amendment to the government’s forthcoming Crime ...