Predictive Policing Provides New Patrol Model

A little over three weeks into the predictive policing trial period and we are finding the model has been valuable in confirming officer intuition and also directing patrols to areas during times we may have not focused on previously. While it's clearly too early to determine if the new model will be a success, and the trial period will go through December of this year, we are hopeful this new tool will reduce burglaries and thefts in our community.


Below you can view a collection of media coverage on the program from this last week.

Santa CruzSentinel

Santa Cruz police are the first in the nation to implement a predictive method -- which is gaining interest nationally -- and leaders are already seeing some positive changes. In the program's first three weeks, the model has proven to be 71 percent ...

Patch

The Santa Cruz Police Department is now using an "Aftershock Model" to predict where crime will occur with 71 percent accuracy. By Brad Kava Although it sounds like something from a science fiction movie, the Santa Cruz Police Department is using a ...

 

CBS San Francisco

Santa Cruz police spokesman Zach Friend said that they have had some good early results, as the new model has been accurate over 70 percent of the time. What that basically means is that when the model has told an officer to be at a ...

Santa Clara University

Imagine a world where police can predict when and where crime happens, just as meteorologists can with thunderstorms. Sounds like something out of a Hollywood sci-fi movie, but the idea is now a reality for the Santa Cruz Police Department…