What exactly is 'predictive policing?' Here’s a look at three things Utah State University is studying with its new model.
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“It got so highly reported that we had community leaders, church leaders addressing our administration wanting answers,” Barfuss said. After a few phone calls, Barfuss and Christensen figured out that, as an agriculture-focused school, there’s They would also study whether there are areas without enough lighting, for instance, or whether students aren’t aware that they can request a police escort. This could also help to determine if there is a repeat offender, which was an issue with the Torrey Green andChristensen made his own algorithm to study large campus events, starting with football games.
Christensen used the algorithm to predict what might happen at the Air Force Academy game last fall. It predicted 1.5 medical 911 calls. There were two during the game, and staff had planned accordingly.
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