Skip navigation
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities
with Open Source Research

Include the following technologies

White County Sheriff's Office: 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 White County Sheriff's Office
Location Sparta, TN
Technology Predictive Policing
Vendor IBM

The White County Sheriff's Office has access to a predictive analytics system developed by IBM to identify locations where vehicle crashes and DUIs are likely to occur. All 95 county sheriffs in the state access the system, which is managed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

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
An example of a predictive policing map from Shreveport, Louisiana
Credit: Shreveport Police Department via RAND