LAPD ended predictive policing but a new effort shares many of their flaws
I get the garbage-in-garbage-out data side of things, but what I don&#x27;t understand is how it seems to take issue with the idea that certain areas have higher crime rates. For example, how the new system looks like the old system because of the point it makes that some &quot;laser zones&quot; are now &quot;neighborhood engagement zones&quot;.<p>This is sort of naively how I&#x27;d expect policing to work. I live in a small town between Chicago and Gary, IN, and I know where is safe and where is less so. I&#x27;m genuinely curious if &quot;best practices&quot; for the police are <i>not</i> to focus where crimes usually occur?<p>For example, in my town on Halloween, a 13 year old out trick or treating with his grandma was shot and killed. When I read where I sadly wasn&#x27;t surprised. Like, should or shouldn&#x27;t the police have been generally patrolling that area that night?