Stanford CIS

Crime-prediction tool PredPol amplifies racially biased policing, study shows

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"Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Oakland-based Center for Media Justice, says Oakland's legislators don't care that PredPol hasn't proven to be effective.

"Predictive policing is clearly not a solution, and it'll transfer existing bias and existing iniquities in the current policing system into a predictive approach," Cyril said. "It's not technology that makes the place a city more efficient and a better place to live. For us, it'll make the city unlivable.""