Durham Police Department: Predictive Policing
![A map of Shreveport with various blocks highlighted based on crime forecasting](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/23/predictive_shreveport.png)
An example of a predictive policing map from Shreveport, Louisiana
Credit: Shreveport Police Department via RAND
Agency | Durham Police Department |
Location | Durham, NC |
Technology | Predictive Policing |
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The Durham Police Department has used predictive policing software since at least 2016.
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Govenment information (Durham Police Department)
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.
![A map of Shreveport with various blocks highlighted based on crime forecasting](https://atlasofsurveillance.org/files/technologies/23/predictive_shreveport.png)
An example of a predictive policing map from Shreveport, Louisiana
Credit: Shreveport Police Department via RAND