It is pointed out that the police are starting to use 'predictive crackdown' that predicts the occurrence of crime and patrols in advance
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To Surveil and Predict: A Human Rights Analysis of Algorithmic Policing in Canada-The Citizen Lab
https://citizenlab.ca/2020/09/to-surveil-and-predict-a-human-rights-analysis-of-algorithmic-policing-in-canada/
Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7q55x/police-across-canada-are-using-predictive-policing-algorithms-report-finds
Predictive policing tools use in Canada spark human rights concerns | Vancouver Sun
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/predictive-policing-tools-use-in-canada-spark-human-rights-concerns-report
The International Human Rights Program (IHRP) organized by the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto in Canada and Citizen Lab, based at the Munch Institute for International Affairs, published a joint report on September 1, 2020. In the meantime, police throughout Canada announced the results of a study that they are considering the introduction of ' predictive policing ' and have begun trial operations.
In Canada, it has already been revealed that a system for identifying people who are likely to disappear from social media posts
For example, the Vancouver Police Department in British Columbia has already introduced a machine learning tool called GeoDASH to predict where burglaries are likely to occur.
In addition, Calgary police in Alberta uses software called Gotham created by Palantir, an American company specializing in big data analysis, to identify the locations of houses and cars owned by crime victims and witnesses. It is linked and visualized. The Calgary police have previously been advised that the use of Gotham could lead to the false association of criminal organizations and suspects with innocent individuals, but continued use without adequate precautions. It is pointed out that it is being done.
``Canada individuals walk down the street, drive a car, post on social media and chat online,'' said IHRP Kate Robertson on a phone call for IT news site Motherboard. We are faced with the possibility that police may be keeping an eye on this in the form of systematic oversight and data collection.'
'Predictive policing is reminiscent of the movie Minority Report,' which may seem futuristic, but rather tied to the past,' said Citizen Lab's Cynthia Kuo. The historical and ongoing pattern of systematic discrimination rooted in the Canadian justice system has also been incorporated into data held by police, which, when used to train algorithms, will result in discriminatory patterns. It will be duplicated, amplified or worsened.'
According to Vancouver Sun's local newspaper, Sun, Canada's Ministry of Public Security said it will take some time for the government to scrutinize the joint report from Citizen Lab and others, and declined to comment further.
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