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Across the FieldIn this piece for Slate, Logan argues that popular analysis of predictive policing systems too often focuses on their predictions about the future, and less about the historical data upon which they rely. Hopefully, in the coming decade vendors will construct more thoughtful feedback loops in their systems; look to incorporate other, less biased sources of data; conduct racial impact assessments by default; and focus less on enforcement-based metrics of success. But if the systems continue to be applied as they are today, predictive policing isn’t the true future of law enforcement. If anything, it’s just the policing status quo, cast in a new name.
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Newly released data shows that almost 400,000 people are on Chicago’s “heat list.” Of that group, almost 290,000 have scores that the CPD says will lead to more scrutiny. Our analysis also shows that the most important factor in a person’s score was their age.
PolicingTogether with the Leadership Conference, Upturn releases the latest version of our scorecard that evaluates the police body-worn camera policies in 75 major U.S. cities. It continues to show a nationwide failure to protect the civil rights and privacy of surveilled communities.
PolicingUpturn coordinated the development of a shared set of civil rights principles for body-worn cameras. The principles were endorsed by a major coalition of 34 local and national organizations, including the NAACP, National Council of La Raza, National Urban League, Center for Media Justice, ACLU, and others.
PolicingOver at Motherboard, Harlan explains why Axon’s offer of free body-worn cameras for every cop in America is dangerous. It creates a perverse incentive for departments to rush to adopt camera systems without thinking through the hard policy challenges.
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