All Tomorrow's Crimes: The Future of Policing Looks a Lot Like Good Branding

A critical story about how PredPol is promoting its software and generating good press for itself. It also notes that veteran cops and prominent academics are skeptical about this latest crime-fighting gadget. Some say predictive policing doesn't work. Some even say specifically that PredPol's algorithm doesn't accurately predict future crimes, and that it has no proven record of reducing crime rates.