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  Mark, 28 Aug 2003 @ 2:38pm

  
  

  Predicting crime

  "As they point out, it seems pretty obvious, but this is the first time anyone is doing anything with it."
  
  Au contraire. Way back when I was in high school -- I graduated in 1983 -- my class got a visit from a police officer who was pissed off that the department was using (no doubt rudimentary) statistical analysis to try to predict where they should send squad cars on patrol. This was in Eugene, Oregon -- not exactly a center of computer innovation -- so it must have been a practice somewhere else as well. Or maybe I'm wrong, and Eugene was the home of some lone, unappreciated criminology genius who was 20 years ahead of his time.

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  dorpus, 28 Aug 2003 @ 4:58pm

  
  

  PD vs. FD Bloodsport

  What if such a program can show an increase in looting incidents whenever fires break out? Will cops show up at burning buildings and arrest pilfering firemen?
  
  I've seen those guys fight before, both types are very powerful men, and it's pretty scary being near them. They smash right through glass doors and keep fighting, like Matrix or something.
  
  
  

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