Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security: Predictive Policing

A map of Shreveport with various blocks highlighted based on crime forecasting — An example of a predictive policing map from Shreveport, Louisiana
Credit: Shreveport Police Department via RAND

Agency	Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Location	Nashville, TN
Technology	Predictive Policing
Vendor	IBM

The Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security manage a predictive analytics system created by IBM to identify locations where vehicle crashes and DUIs are likely to occur. It is shared with all 95 county sheriffs in the state.

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More about this technology

Predictive policing is software used by law enforcement to select neighborhoods or blocks where they should focus resources or to identify individuals for investigation. Law enforcement feed records and data—such as police stops or calls for service—into the algorithms, which vendors say can predict where crime is likely to occur.