WIRED Investigation Reveals Bristol's Secretive Predictive Policing Program
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Lily Hay Newman
Summary
A WIRED investigation reveals a predictive policing program in Bristol, England that has operated for over a decade with 23 separate models designed to score individuals' likelihood of committing or being victims of crimes. The program, uncovered through public records requests and reporting, shows a flawed law enforcement system with significant community implications that remains largely unknown to local residents. The article also covers other security news including John Bolton's guilty plea in a classified-materials case and Microsoft's takedown of major infostealer infrastructure.
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bskyWIRED Investigation Reveals Bristol's Secretive Predictive Policing Programwired.comKey quotes
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23 separate models over more than a decade, intended to score the likelihood of specific individuals will perpetrate or be victims of different crimes
most people in the area know nothing about
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