Pros And Cons Of Predictive Policing

1) There have been many totalitarian rulers over the years from Stalin all the way to Hitler. As you could rightfully assume we are a free democratic society, in which the people rule. Totalitarian society’s one person rules as a dictator. There have been many totalitarian rulers over the years such as Stalin who would “execute any people who were not in alignment with the goals of the state”. Policing is different in a free and democratic society as opposed to a totalitarian society due to the amount of power, different goals, and a difference in leaders.

One way that policing differs is the amount of power the police are given. In our free society there are rules that are in place to protect the rights of the society from the government such as the Constitution. However, in a totalitarian society these laws do not exist;

Why would a police officer want to go where he or she is hated and verbally attacked, this is how they now see community poling. Predictive policing is “harnessing the power of information, geospatial technologies and evidence-based intervention models to reduce crime and improve public safety”. There are various pros and cons of predictive policing. Because of this concept we are able to put more law enforcements in certain areas and are able to predict what is going to happen before it even does. This means less tragic incidents and occurrences because we are ready. However a con would be trying to leave the tradition behind and focus strictly on this because we need to focus on the places with little crime as well. We need to keep one eye on the future and one eye on the past.

Pollock, J. M. (2012). Crime and justice in America: An introduction to criminal justice. Amsterdam: Elsevier.