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THE patrol car comes to a stop in a sleepy neighbourhood of small, earth-coloured homes. A woman saunters past pushing a stroller. It is daytime in the artsy beach town of Santa Cruz but I am still a little spooked. Futuristic crime prediction software sent me here with my companion, deputy chief of police Steve Clark. And it's just possible that the tranquillity is due to our presence.
Rather than predicting who will commit crimes, like the fictitious "precrime" system from the 2002 film Minority Report, the software that the Santa Cruz police department has recently started field-testing looks at where crime might be committed.
Related Links:
New Scientist: Cops on the trail of crimes that haven't happened
Math and Computer Science, Santa Cruz University: Dr. George Mohler
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