a predictive policing program developed by the santa cruz police department to predict property crimes was featured on a.b.c world news with diane sawyer. the STATISTICAL model was based on 8 years of data on home burglaries, vehicle burglaries and stolen vehicles. santa cruz police are the first department in the country to use the new program to predict the time and place that is has the highest LIKELIHOOD of crime.
nbc nightly news is expected to air a segment on the predictive policing program at 5:30 p.m. today or tomorrow.
