Posted on 08/29/2016 9:06:20 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
In 2013 the Chicago Police Department began a predictive policing program for the expressed purpose of reducing the amount of gun violence in the city. The principal component of the program was the Strategic Subjects List (SSL), a “…list of individuals who are either prone to be shot, to being a shooter, or having some sort of inclination toward violent crime.”
The list was created by city employees via the use of an algorithm designed to predict “…who is most likely to be involved in a shooting – either as the shooter or victim – by analyzing data such as gang affiliations, criminal records, past shootings, and previous contact with police.” (1)
In May of this year, brand new Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson (a surprise pick by Hizhonor Rahm 2 months earlier) stated that fully 80% of the 69 shooting victims over the Memorial Day weekend had been among the 1,400 gang members whose names appeared on the SSL.
Fully 80%! Hallelujah! A well designed, nicely reasoned-out application of facts will apparently provide Chicago police a leg up in solving crimes, arresting suspects and perhaps, keeping the streets of Chicago a little safer. For although the SSL provided only the names of “victims” over the Memorial Day weekend, it’s a safe bet that many-if not most-had been shot by fellow members of rival gangs known to Chicago street cops.
And how many crimes has the list helped solve? How many lives have been saved thanks to proactive policing based on names found on the SSL? Well, none! It seems the SSL was never meant to provide suspects or assist police in protecting the Windy City’s law abiding from its criminal element. Rather, “the hope was that the list would allow police to provide social services...
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Community organizer?
Well they certainly haven’t closed the unsolved murder of Rev Wright’s choir director, Donald Young, December 2007.
It might be a useful list for, among other things, intrepid evangelists to use. That’s where the devil is dancing. That’s where direct intercepts will do the most good.
I am not sure I can see, even in a lefty point of view, how this existing plan can do a lot of good. Social workers are trained for social worker stuff. Cops aren’t. Cops can understand the rudiments but they can’t invest themselves like social workers do.
Or disorganizer... snarf snarf snarf
What in the world did that choir sing about anyhow. Did they have a “God Damn America” parody that they belted out?
After the State has destroyed the Black nuclear family, the State now attempts to be a substitute for the Black nuclear family. This will work just as well as every other responsibility the State takes away from the individual or the family.
Cops becoming social workers will end in epic failure.
Does this mean a raise? or a cut in pay?
I'm serious...
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