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October 02, 2007
Tracking the Police in Chicago
From the Chicagoist:
The police in Chicago Lawn will be tracked by cell phones with GPS tracking. This is a pilot project that the city hopes to expand. The goal here is to better supervise the police, which should increase their safety and address concerns about police misconduct. The question in the article is whether the officers will accept the tracking. Will the data be used for major crimes or will it be used for minor infractions such as picking up dry cleaning?
I am more interested in how this data is integrated into the overall systems. You could see many uses of knowing exactly where police officers are located for incident response. Also, over the long term, the data could be used to figure out areas that the police are focusing on too much, while overlooking other areas. It could also be used to see what officers are the best responders. Lots of potential uses . . .
Posted by rshah at October 2, 2007 03:23 PM
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