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Policing the Future
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The Los Angeles Police Department utilizes three years of crime data to generate daily probability reports about when and where crimes are most likely to occur.
Credit: Cole Martin
Computer programs and new mathematical algorithms are helping law enforcement agencies better predict when and where crimes will occur.
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